@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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The Energy Institute celebrates Kendra Marcoux earning her PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics in May and joining Cornerstone Research. We’re also excited to welcome Marie Hogan and Paul Irvine as a Graduate Student Affiliates. More about each of them here: haas.berkeley.edu/energy-insti...

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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Today, Gary Schlauch, Energy Institute Graduate Student Affiliate, and Simon Greenhill, Environmental Fellow at Harvard University have released a new Energy Institute Working Paper on the impacts of data centers on home values. haas.berkeley.edu/energy-insti...

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...

Who 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...

Who Should Pay for Utility-Ignited Wildfires?

This cost allocation fight is not a zero sum game On January 7, 2025, sparks from arcing electrical lines ignited dry brush in a canyon above Altadena. Powerful Santa Ana winds fanned flames that r…

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How to Prevent Biofuels from Causing Deforestation. Blog post by UC Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics Professor Aaron Smith energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/h...

How to Prevent Biofuels from Causing Deforestation

This year, the federal government requires that more than 10% of diesel used in the US be biofuel. To meet this requirement, Americans will have to use almost 7 billion gallons of biomass-based die…

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Energy Institute Blog Post: Who Killed Offshore Wind? James Sallee takes a closer look at $3.9 billion in lease buyouts and suggests they are bad policy but probably irrelevant to deployment. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/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...

Why 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...

Will 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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"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...

Lucas Davis looks alternative ways to depict renewable curtailment trends in California. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/v...

Visualizing California Renewables Curtailments

Alternative ways to see California’s record-breaking April 2026. April 2026 was an all-time record for renewables curtailment in California. 1.46 million MWhs. That’s a lot. Equivalent to 18% of al…

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Meredith Fowlie compares the Californian and Australian electricity landscape. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/d...

Decarbonization Down Under

Clean energy transition, Aussie rules. I’m visiting the University of Melbourne. Lucky me. During the first week of our visit, my son and I got to watch an AFL “footy” match at the Melbourne Cricke…

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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Managed EV Charging: Good Work, If Anyone Would Take It. James Bushnell discusses new research co-authored with @burlig.bsky.social and David Rapson. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/m...

@severinborenstein.bsky.social discusses an approach to moderating gasoline price swings -- California can’t change the crude oil market, but it can adjust taxes to reduce gas price volatility. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/n...

Is It Time for a Price-Stabilizing Gas Tax?

Spiking petroleum prices from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz have infuriated politicians across the US and across the political spectrum.  There is nothing state or local politicians can do…

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"According to the calculations in the paper, shale gas has saved U.S. natural gas consumers $4.5-$5.3 trillion since 2007, equivalent to savings of $237-$276 billion annually." New Energy Institute research and blog post from Lucas Davis. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/h...

How 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...

Made in Japan, Cleaner in America

A new EI working paper shows that a fuel-economy incentive in Japan created spillover benefits in the US market. Japanese cars affected by the policy improved MPG in the US, leading to greater gree…

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Meredith Fowlie dissects the California Air Resources Board's latest proposal for the next phase of California's cap-and-trade market. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/a...

A Stress Test for California Carbon Pricing

Threading the needle between climate ambition and industry opposition California is trying to finalize a major redesign of its carbon market. The timing is not great. Gasoline prices are pushing $6…

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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...

Early bird rates end on April 7th for the the Energy Institute's next Economics of Energy and the Environment virtual course. The course is April 21-24, 2026. 10:00am-12:00pm PDT each day. mailchi.mp/haas/economi...

A new Energy Institute Blog post from @auffhammer.bsky.social -- Diesel Is Having a Moment. Almost-record-high diesel prices may make electric heavy duty trucks an even better deal! energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/d...

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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🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social faculty director @severinborenstein.bsky.social and @calmatters.org's @gauchoesque.bsky.social about the impact of the Iran war on California's oil industry and on you. ❓How have you been affected by rising gas prices? 📻Listen:

What Do Rising Gas Prices Mean for Californians? | KQED

We look at the impact of the war on California’s oil industry and on you: How have you been affected by rising gas prices?

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@severinborenstein.bsky.social provides an explainer about how and why the war in the Middle East is, or isn't, impacting energy prices. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/t...

The Energy Economics of War

Gasoline prices are way up and diesel up even more. Natural gas prices spiking in most of the world, but unchanged in the US. Economics helps explain why. The energy markets courses that our Energy…

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