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Helping create a more economically and environmentally sustainable energy future through research, teaching and policy engagement. Visit our website for more information about the Energy Institute: haas.berkeley.edu/energy-institute/
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Choosing Between Increasing Subsidies or Lowering Rates for Electrification - by @campbellenergy.bsky.social

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November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Spreading the Cap-and-Trade Wealth - @severinborenstein.bsky.social

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#climatechange #electricity #energyefficiency #naturalgas #solar
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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“'If strawberries are expensive, I’ll buy apples—there are substitutes...Electricity, in the long run, there aren’t many substitutes.'” - Prof. Fowlie on @wsj.com

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#energybills #electricity #datacenters
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Does Regulation Distort Exit Decisions? - Lucas Davis (co-authored by Paige Weber)

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November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Save the Date for POWER Conference on March 20, 2026 (Paper Submissions Due January 7, 2026)!

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October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Carbon Pricing on the High Seas? - by Jim Sallee

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#carbonpricing #emissionsmarket #greenhousegas #transportation
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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"There's a reason why the monopoly board has a square that says the electric company on it...Electricity is sort of always...” Jim Bushnell in @abc10news.bsky.social

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October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Is There Really an Energy Silver Lining to a Datacenter Bubble? - by Jim Bushnell

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October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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“'Unfortunately, this comes at a very difficult time when refineries are scheduling maintenance, so there...'" @severinborenstein.bsky.social in The San Francisco Chronicle

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#gasoline #gasprices #refineryfire
October 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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“'What will happen is that imports that were headed for Northern California will be rerouted to Southern California to fill in for some of the shortage...'" @severinborenstein.bsky.social - The Sacramento Bee

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#gasoline #gasprices #refineryfire
October 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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“'In the meantime, we could see a significant price spike if in-state inventories are limited,' @severinborenstein.bsky.social said, noting that the fire comes..." - Los Angeles Times

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#gasoline #gasprices #refineryfire
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"'This could be a real price shock to the California gasoline market. It would start in Southern California, but...'" @severinborenstein.bsky.social on CBS News

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#gasoline #gasprices #refineryfire
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: What If We Required Airplanes to Use More Biofuels? - by Aaron Smith

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#electricity #emissionsmarket #gasoline #greenhousegas #renewableenergy #transportation
October 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Inside the Energy Institute (feature 3 of 3): Welcoming Our Newest Graduate Student Affiliate, Garrison Schlauch! Garrison is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics...

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October 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Inside the Energy Institute (feature 2 of 3): Energy Markets Education for Professionals and Executives. @severinborenstein.bsky.social and Prof. James Bushnell created the first Energy Institute executive education...

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October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Check out our latest Energy Institute Newsletter (feature 1 of 3)! This edition’s Faculty Affiliate Spotlight highlights Professor @auffhammer.bsky.social

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October 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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“How much will demand grow and how much will it create a strain on the grid. How fast can you build out grid-scale solar, which is, and not open to debate, cheaper?” @severinborenstein.bsky.social @nytimes.com

#rooftopsolar #electricity #cleanenergy

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September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: What Will Data Centers Do To Your Electric Bill? @severinborenstein.bsky.social

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#electricity #energyefficiency #electricbills #datacenters
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Putting the EV in sEVerin - by @auffhammer.bsky.social

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#transportation #electricvehicle #federalsubsidy #carshopping
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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"'There are too many factors influencing emissions to say what the allowance price would need to rise to in order to achieve the 2030 and 2045 goals.' Meredith Fowlie on E&E News

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#greenhousegasemissions #electricity #carbonmarket
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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"Wind and solar you basically do all the investment up front, and then it operates — not quite for free — but at extremely low operating cost ..." - @severinborenstein.bsky.social on CBS News

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#solar #wind #renewableenergy #cleanenergy
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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“If you just look at LADWP’s rates relative to the investor-owned utilities, they have always been substantially lower...” - @severinborenstein.bsky.social in LAist

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#rooftopsolar #electricity #cleanenergy
September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Reining in California’s Runaway Electricity Rates - by Meredith Fowlie

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#electricity #naturalgas #carbonpricing
September 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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“If somebody is already running wires down your street, it's both economically inefficient and just a bad business idea to say we're going to spend...” @severinborenstein.bsky.social on Marketplace

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#electricity #infrastructure #utilitybills
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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"...Obviously, any piece of capital equipment does not operate 100% of the time. The question is whether the value it creates when it is operating justifies..." @severinborenstein.bsky.social @politifact.bsky.social

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#wind #solar #batterystorage #renewableenergy #cleanenergy
September 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM