Registration is open for the UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute at Haas Economics of Energy and the Environment Executive Education Course. See more details below:
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Economics of Energy and the Environment
Executive Education Course
May 23 – 24, 2016
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UC Berkeley Campus
Berkeley, CA 97420 Early registration discount ends on Friday, May 13, 2016
Course Description:
Energy market operations and environmental regulation have increasingly become intertwined. An understanding of one is crucial for a complete understanding of the other. Drawing heavily on the tools of economics, this course will cover the fundamental concepts behind various approaches to environmental regulation and their impacts on energy markets. The consequences of various regulatory strategies will be examined in the context of the continuing changes in the organization and regulation of energy markets.
Day One: Monday, May 23
Session 1: Energy Externalities
Session 2: Energy Efficiency Concepts Session 3: Energy Efficiency Evaluation Session 4: Economics of Renewable Energy Day Two: Tuesday, May 24
Session 5: Regulating the Environment: Standards versus Taxes versus Caps
Session 6: Economics of Cap-and-Trade Session 7: Utility of the Future and Retail Rate Design Session 8: Recent Developments in Electricity Markets
Instructors
Severin Borenstein, E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley
James Bushnell, Professor, Department of Economics, U.C. Davis
Meredith Fowlie, Associate Professor and Class of 1935 Endowed Chair in Energy in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, U.C. Berkeley
Cost for Two-Day Course:
Government/Non-Profit rate
$625 (early registration on or before May 13, 2016)
$675 (registration on or after May 14, 2016)
Private sector rate
$1,625 (early registration on or before May 13, 2016) $1,675 (registration on or after May 14, 2016) |