Andrew Campbell
@campbellenergy.bsky.social
UC Berkeley's Energy Institute at Haas • Western Energy Markets • energy policy • He/him/his
"Buying Time, Burning Gas: Why AI companies are paying a premium to go off the grid (and what this costs the rest of us)". Meredith Fowlie's new Energy Institute Blog post. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/b...
Buying Time, Burning Gas
Why AI companies are paying a premium to go off the grid (and what this costs the rest of us). The race is on to train the next generation of frontier AI models. Staying competitive in this race is…
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"[P]eople seem to have learned what data centers are. Before 2021, prices did not move much when a center was announced and mostly fell once it actually opened. More recently, almost the entire effect shows up at announcement."
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 2w ago@auffhammer.bsky.social's new Energy Institute blog post discussing new research by Garrison Schlauch and Simon Greenhill. "Satan’s Buzzsaw: Does a Data Center In Your Hood Make Your House Worthless?" energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/s...
Fuel Price Spikes and the Clean Transportation Revolution. The latest Energy Institute Blog post by @campbellenergy.bsky.social. Gasoline prices have been high through most of 2026. How has consumer interest in electric vehicles responded? energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/f...
Fuel Price Spikes and the Clean Transportation Revolution
Transitory gasoline and diesel price increases are unlikely to stimulate widespread adoption of electric transportation. Since the Iran War began on February 28, 2026 the war’s effects have been fe…
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Why Don’t We Pay For Distribution Lines Like Roads? "The current approach to financing local electricity infrastructure undermines safety and decarbonization," says Severin Borenstein. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/w...
Why Don’t We Pay For Distribution Lines Like Roads?
The current approach to financing local electricity infrastructure undermines safety and decarbonization. Many of our Energy Institute bloggers have at some point written a post that discusses the …
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Strongly suggestive evidence in this blog post that the global availability of lower cost air conditioning units, especially made in China, has contributed to an increase in air conditioning adoption.
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · last mo.Did the China Shock Increase Air Conditioning Adoption? China joined the WTO in 2001 and has dominated air conditioner manufacturing ever since. Lucas Davis analyzes trends in air conditioning prices and adoption. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/d...
"California’s strict liability regime creates powerful incentives to prevent utility ignitions and drives up retail electricity rates. It does much less to encourage home hardening, fuel treatments, defensible space, or safer development."
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 2mo agoWho Should Pay for Utility-Ignited Wildfires? The cost allocation fight is not a zero sum game. New blog post by Meredith Fowlie. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/w...
California’s Electricity Imports Are Much Cleaner. How Much of it is Real? New research by James Bushnell and Kevin Novan. About half of the largest emissions reduction in California’s cap-and-trade program came from clean power that already existed. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/c...
California’s Electricity Imports Are Much Cleaner. How Much of it is Real?
About half of the largest emissions reduction in California’s cap-and-trade program came from clean power that already existed. One of the central challenges in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) …
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Why Do Californians Pay More At the Pump? @severinborenstein.bsky.social breaks down down more than two decades of the state’s gasoline price premium. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/w...
Safety, utility profits, environment-impacts, customer preferences, project complexity. Lots of issues wrapped up in the evaluation of whether to replace or retire natural gas infrastructure.
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhy Are We Sinking Billions into a Gas System We Plan to Leave Behind? A new post by Meredith Fowlie. Old rules, new pipes, and a shrinking customer base. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/w...
Encouraging to see that US heat pump shipments have not dropped, and evidence that tax credits may not be very effective way to encourage adoption of this technology.
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo agoWill U.S. Households Still Buy Heat Pumps Without a Tax Credit? From 2023-2025 there was a $2,000 U.S. income tax credit for heat pumps. Not anymore. New Energy Institute Blog post by Lucas Davis. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/w...
In the latest Energy Institute blog @auffhammer.bsky.social discusses new research that finds no evidence of negative health impacts from wind turbines energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/a...
Are Wind Turbines Making People Sick?
New research finds no evidence of negative health impacts from wind turbines Maybe it’s because I am currently in Portugal (which is totally next door to Spain) and re-reading Don Quixote, that I a…
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My latest blog post. Negative energy prices are more common in energy markets than I would expect.
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The Curiosity of Negative Energy Prices". @campbellenergy.bsky.social discusses how negative energy prices reveal opportunities for markets and consumers. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/t...
The dynamics pushing oil prices up and down are discussed by @severinborenstein.bsky.social in his new Energy Institute blog. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/w...
"It turns out that most of the greenhouse-gas reductions from Japan’s biggest fuel-economy subsidy didn’t happen in Japan. They happened in the United States."
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 5mo agoHow a Japanese fuel-economy subsidy delivered climate benefits on U.S. roads. Blog post by James Sallee (UC Berkeley), discussing research by Sallee, Koichiro Ito (@harrispolicy.bsky.social), Andrew Smith (@uwmadison.bsky.social). energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/m...
Aaron Smith responds to Sustainable Aviation Advisory Council arguments. A proposed sustainable aviation fuels tax credit in California will reduce funds for roads, increase gasoline and diesel prices and fail to lower greenhouse gas emissions. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/c...
The Climate Policy Paradox: Why Voters Reject the Tools that Economists Advocate Most A new Energy Institute Blog post and working paper by Joseph Shapiro, Maximiliano Lauletta, Ro’ee Levy and Dmitry Taubinsky. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/t...
My new Energy Institute Blog post on the US Department of Energy's orders to prevent coal-fired power plants from retiring. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/d...
DOE Second Guesses Coal Plant Owners
The US Department of Energy Is Pursuing a Costly Policy to Preserve Coal Capacity Coal is the most rapidly declining source of electricity in the United States. The black rock generated half of US …
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"[T]he current system [in the EU] is arbitrary and inefficient. It also intrinsically punishes smaller countries, which was not the intention of the policy." Lucas Davis's new blog post on research by Charlotte De Cannière. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/s...
Sharing is Caring, Especially With the Electric Grid
A new working paper highlights the challenges of working together. This Friday is one of the most exciting days of the year. I am talking, of course, about the leadEnergy Institute’s annual POWER c…
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Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe invite you to support research that transforms the energy sector during the annual Big Give. Your contribution enables us to conduct independent policy research and analysis and put the findings in the hands of policy and business leaders. give.berkeley.edu/funddrive/100 #CalBigGive
In a new blog post Meredith Fowlie explores how proposals to carve out publicly-owned utilities from larger, investor-owned utility territories raise questions about how costs are spread among customers. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/t...
Come to UC Berkeley for the POWER Conference on Energy Research and Policy on 3/20/26. Early bird registration rates available through 3/6/26. See new research on energy markets and regulation and exchange ideas with energy policy and business professionals. haas.berkeley.edu/energy-insti...
Registration is open for the POWER Conference on Energy Research and Policy. 3/20/26, Berkeley, CA. See new research on energy markets and regulation and exchange ideas with energy policy and business professionals. Early Bird rates now available. haas.berkeley.edu/energy-insti...
A new Energy Institute at Haas working paper models how solar and batteries can use the existing grid to meet the needs of data centers. Research by Duncan Callaway, Emilia Chojkiewicz and Amol Phadke. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/a...
A Solution for the Fast Data Center Connection Challenge
Lean in on America’s fastest growing source of electricity supply. This week’s blog is co-authored with Emilia Chojkiewicz and Amol Phadke. Taking projections of all utilities in the U.S. tog…
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New analysis showing how recent changes in electricity rates have varied considerably across states. By @severinborenstein.bsky.social. @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/l...
"Under the current standards nobody is forcing any automaker to buy credits. Automakers have freedom of choice. They are buying credits because this is cheaper for them than developing their own fuel-efficient models." Lucas Davis on proposed CAFE changes. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/t...
The Case for Trading Fuel Economy Compliance Credits
Proposed new fuel economy standards would eliminate the part I like the most. Proposed new U.S. fuel economy standards would dramatically weaken requirements for the average miles-per-gallon of new…
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The shrinkage of government funding for clean energy leaves state legislatures facing difficult choices. My new blog post...
Energy Institute at Haas@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 11mo agoNew Energy Institute Blog Post: Choosing Between Increasing Subsidies or Lowering Rates for Electrification - by @campbellenergy.bsky.social energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/c...
In my EI blog post today, I discuss the CA debate over how to return some of the cap and trade revenue to households and explain why I think a fixed rebate for every household the utility serves should be replace by a discount per-kilowatt-hour. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/s... 🔌💡
Spreading the Cap-and-Trade Wealth
Last month, when Gov. Newsom signed a bill extending California’s cap and trade program to 2045, one section of the bill mandated changes in the “Climate Credit” that residential customers have bee…
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Earlier this year countries and industry came together to develop and adopt a groundbreaking carbon policy, applied to 85% of global shipping. Earlier this month the policy ran aground due to US opposition. James Sallee looks at the policy. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
Carbon Pricing on the High Seas?
The international maritime organization gets close to a carbon tax. — If an environmental economist stumbled upon a magic lamp and got one wish from the genie, most of us would know what to a…
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