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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · 9d

Whether data centers bring higher or lower electric bills for other consumers could depend on the actions of regulators. @severinborenstein.bsky.social discusses in his new @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social Blog post.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · 23d

Meredith Fowlie on newly passed California legislation aimed at getting electricity bills under control "The promising bill restructuring and cost reallocation initiatives will fall short if that third lever — cost containment — is not working well."

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 23d

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Reining in California’s Runaway Electricity Rates - by Meredith Fowlie

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#electricity #naturalgas #carbonpricing

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Sep 8

"So, overall, I want to give credit to EPA/DOT. This is about the best you can do with a national label. That said, it would be even better if the labels could be customized by state." Lucas Davis takes a look at the labels you'll see when shopping for a new electric vehicle.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 8

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Are Fuel Economy Labels Accurate for EVs? - by Lucas Davis

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#electricityprices #transportation #electricvehicles #gasoline

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Range anxiety was on my mind this summer. I wrote this blog post about recent research by on the topic by Asensio, Buckberg, Cole, Heeney, @knittelmit.bsky.social and Stock.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 25

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Raising the Low Expectations of Electric Vehicle Drivers - by @campbellenergy.bsky.social

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#transportation #energyefficiency #gasoline #electricvehiclecharging

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Severin Borenstein @severinborenstein.bsky.social · Aug 18

My Energy Institute blog post today reviews California's options for dealing with impending refinery closures. There's really only one sustainable approach: the state must plan today for the import capacity that can smooth the transition off of gasoline.
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California’s Refinery Closure Drama

The state must plan today for the import capacity that can smooth the transition. When two major California refineries recently announced they would be closing – Phillips 66’s Wilmington facility w…

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Jul 28

US policy has been supporting electric vehicles through a number of separate policies. James Sallee describes how the President and Congress are killing these policies and holds out for the possibility that some policies survive. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/f...

From Belts and Suspenders to Pants Around the Ankles?

The rapidly evolving rollback of policy support for electric vehicles. Source: Where are EVs headed? Back in April, I wrote a piece surveying various threats to the EV transition in the US. I argue…

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Jul 21

"Policies like the IRA’s electricity production subsidies can significantly reduce the uncertainty of future outcomes. The elimination of the subsidies means a much wider range of outcomes."

Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Jul 21

"The coverage I’ve seen of the removal of the IRA subsidies shares the same weakness of much of the coverage of the IRA’s passage. There is too much focus on overly specific numbers..." James Bushnell's new Energy Institute Blog post. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/n...

Now That the IRA Is Nearly Gone, Do We Know How Much We Will Miss It?

Forecasting is hard. Especially the future. In the wake of the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” (OBBBA) there has been a rush to assess the impact of this legislation on the energy sect…

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Jul 14

@severinborenstein.bsky.social differentiates between demand reductions that save society's resources and demand reductions that are wasteful.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 14

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Every Electricity Demand Reduction is a Cost Shift - by @severinborenstein.bsky.social

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#energyefficiency #naturalgas #renewableenergy #solar

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Jun 23

Meredith Fowlie describes how the EPA case for regulatory repeal hinges on private sector cost reductions and ignores health and environmental impacts.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 23

New Energy Institute Blog Post: What’s the Deal with the Power Plant Rule Repeal? - Meredith Fowlie

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What’s the Deal with the Power Plant Rule Repeal?

The EPA case for regulatory repeal hinges on private sector cost reductions. Health and environmental impacts are not accounted for. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin has a long list of environmen…

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Jun 9

My new blog post addressing the DOE's take down of minimum energy efficiency standards for products.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 9

New Energy Institute Blog Post: The Freedom to Buy Inefficient Products - @campbellenergy.bsky.social

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Jun 2

Aaron Smith explores the US renewable diesel market and puzzles through why US producers are developing so much more capacity than required by federal requirements. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/b...

Build It and Hope They Mandate It?

U.S. renewable diesel production capacity has increased sixfold since 2020, but future production will be far below capacity unless the federal government significantly expands policy support.&nbsp…

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Apr 21

James Bushnell addresses the politics that are holding back geoengineering.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 21

New Energy Institute Blog Post: The Political Horseshoe Comes for Geoengineering - by Jim Bushnell

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The Political Horseshoe Comes for Geoengineering

Denying reality is a real problem for climate policy. Public discourse about climate change in this country, and even around the world, has tended to emphasize the polar (no pun intended) extremes:…

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Apr 14

"Recent research suggests that a bit of flexibility at peak times –ratcheting down demand during less than 1% of annual hours – could drastically reduce the grid constraints that are causing planners to slow interconnections" @severinborenstein.bsky.social energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/c...

Can Data Centers Flex Their Power Demand?

First they need to have the right incentives to do so. Electricity world these days is filled with concern about supersized (“hyperscale”) data centers, those computing facilities that use more ele…

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Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 7

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Winners and Losers from Interregional Transmission - by Lucas Davis

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asa watten @asawatten.bsky.social · Mar 31

My working paper with @bistline.bsky.social is the subject of today's @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social blog post by Meredith Fowlie. Honored!
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Are Clean Electricity Tax Credits a Bad Deal?

Only when you ignore environmental benefits and electricity bill impacts. U.S. electricity demand is on the rise. A data center boom, a possible renaissance in domestic manufacturing, and a push to…

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Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 24

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Universities – The Origin of Many Electrifying Ideas - by @auffhammer.bsky.social

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Mar 17

@severinborenstein.bsky.social summarizes my new blog post well...

Severin Borenstein @severinborenstein.bsky.social · Mar 17

In the Energy Institute blog, Andy Campbell digs into pros and cons of performance-based ratemaking. It has a place in utility regulation, but is not the panacea that some paint it to be. Andy suggests the areas in which it could help California.🔌💡
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Getting Utility Profits to Align with Public Benefits

Proposed performance-based ratemaking, a mainstay of UK policy, is unlikely to address California’s energy affordability crisis. California’s capital is abuzz with ideas about how to reduce the sta…

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Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 10

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Should the Price of Electricity Depend On What You Use It For? @severinborenstein.bsky.social

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Mar 3

About half of U.S. households with a heat pump have some kind of backup heating. Lucas Davis digs into the data and the implications.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 3

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Three Facts About Backup Heating - by Lucas Davis

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#electricity #emissionsmarket #naturalgas #oil

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Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Feb 26

Early Bird Deadline Ends March 7th for our POWER Conference on March 21st!

#energyresearch #energypolicy #energymarkets #electrification #electricvehicles #electricalgrid #renewableenergy #solarenergy #electricityprices #greenhousegases #climatechange #electricity #cleanenergy

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Feb 24

"Assessing the net impact on global greenhouse gas emissions hinges on understanding how LNG exports move energy prices and shift global energy substitution patterns across the globe." Meredith Fowlie discusses research on how new US LNG exports could impact US consumers and the global climate.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Feb 24

New Energy Institute Blog Post: It’s Game on for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Exports - Meredith Fowlie

#naturalgas #fossilfuels #greenhousegasemissions #coal #renewableenergy

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Feb 18

"While the idea of providing different levels of at least financial – if not physical – reliability to different customers, or even utilities, seems to make electricity operators’ heads’ explode, I don’t see why it has to be so difficult." Jim Bushnell in the @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social Blog.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Feb 18

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Remember When Capacity Markets Were the Solution to Missing Money? - by Jim Bushnell

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Feb 10

"A far simpler way forward is to restructure existing annual registration fees for trucks to reflect vehicles’ pollution impacts." James Sallee looks at steps California can still take to reduce pollution from the trucking fleet by increasing adoption of new trucks.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Feb 10

New Energy Institute Blog Post: California's Truck Decarbonization Puzzle - by Jim Sallee

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California’s Truck Decarbonization Puzzle

A missing federal waiver means California needs a new route to cleaner trucks, but the detour presents an opportunity to improve policy design. You may not have heard, but there was recently a chan…

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Andrew Campbell @campbellenergy.bsky.social · Feb 3

Aaron Smith works through a comparison between planting corn to produce ethanol and deploying solar panels to generate electricity.

Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · Feb 3

New Energy Institute Blog Post: Should Farmers Plant Solar Panels or Corn? - by Aaron Smith #coal #electricity #gasoline #greenhousegas #naturalgas #solar

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