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Chad Efaw

@chadefaw.bsky.social

I’m just happy to be here.

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Chad Efaw@chadefaw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Very proud of my contribution to this working paper. I crunched the data and the economists did the IO analysis. Basically, WVU’s research apparatus generates $1.69 for every $1.00 in federal research expenditures.

REGIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WORKING PAPERS The Impact of West Virginia University Federal Research Grant Funding on the State's Economy Daniel Centuriao, West Virginia University Heather Stephens, West Virginia University Follow FollowAbstract This report evaluates the economic impact of federal research funding received by West Virginia University's four campuses. In 2023, WVU secured $148 million in federal research grants (excluding Facilities and Ad ministrative Costs), supporting approximately 3,171 jobs and contributing $250.2 million to West Virginia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), including $92.1 million in labor income. Around 30% of the labor income and 42% of the GDP impact extended beyond host counties through supply chains and local labor markets. Using an expanded definition of research that includes public outreach, training, and curriculum-related grants, the analysis reveals that every $1.00 of federal research spending generates an additional $1.69 in GDP and $0.62 in labor income across the state. These findings underscore the vital role of federally funded university research in fostering economic development in West Virginia.
Chad Efaw@chadefaw.bsky.social · 3y ago

I love free little libraries, especially when they have an obvious theme. Here is a bookshelf in Arnold Hall at WVU which houses public administration, philosophy, and other humanities.

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Chad Efaw@chadefaw.bsky.social · 3y ago

My electric utility wants to decrease the net metering rate for new solar customers which will decrease solar uptake and increase emissions from FirstEnergy’s two coal-fired thermal power plants. Here is my comment to the public service commission which is hearing the case:

I oppose the actions by FirstEnergy to reduce the rate of net metering for new solar customers. 1:1 net metering is the bare minimum that an electric utility must provide for solar customers. We, individually, incur the cost of solar by putting panels on our homes, but are not the ones that solely enjoy the benefit. By allowing emissions-free electrons to be distributed to the grid -- and forgoing the production of emissions-producing fossil fuel energy -- there are positive social externalities for which solar customers are not properly compensated.The proposal to cut the net metering rate will reduce the incentive for potential solar customers to make the switch. This disincentive will increase emissions that would have been otherwise eliminated. Further, a reduction in net metering will increase the time for solar to pay off for customers, further reducing the incentive to make the switch to carbon and emission-free electricity generation.The cost to FirstEnergy to provide full 1:1 net metering (and all attendant administrative functions in support of net metering) cannot possibly cost as much money as reducing the rate from 1:1 to 0.5:1.0 will collect from customers.
Chad Efaw@chadefaw.bsky.social · 3y ago

“Repair is not an event, but an ongoing demand, one that is impossible to satisfy and impossible to avoid” - From the Editors, In the Butcher’s Shop, in Issue #2 of Parapraxis Magazine

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