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Outreach Activities of Alternative Energy Future

March 2, 2018
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Los Angeles, CA

With support from the Kresge Foundation, the Ƶ convened three workshops with state and municipal policy-makers and practitioners to discuss how the conclusions from the Ƶ study could be integrated into existing and new policies and programs. These workshops focused on three regions of the country: California, the Great Lakes, and New England.

On March 2, 2018, the third regional workshop convened under the Ƶ’s study on Durability and Adaptability in Energy Policy was held in Los Angeles, California.

Read the workshop summary.

Participants

Eric Biber, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

William Boyd, University of Colorado Law School

Sarah Brady, California Council on Science  and Technology

Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future

Ann Carlson, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Linda Cohen, University of California, Irvine School of Law

J. R. DeShazo, University of California, Los Angeles Luskin School  of Public Affairs

Anthony Eggert, ClimateWorks Foundation

Ethan Elkind, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law; University of California,  Berkeley School of Law

Meredith Hankins, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Sean Hecht, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law 

Cara Horowitz, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Laurel Hunt, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate  Action and Sustainability

Amelia Keyes, Resources for the Future

Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota  Law School

Daniel Lashof, NextGen Policy

Nathaniel Logar, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law 

Amber Mace, California Council on Science  and Technology

Timothy Malloy, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Daniel Melling, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Peter Miller, Natural Resources Defense Council

George Minter, Southern California Gas

Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board 

Tanya Peacock, Southern California Gas

Carla Peterman, California Public Utilities Commission

Deepak Rajagopal, University of California, Los Angeles

John Randell, American Ƶ of Arts  and Sciences

Casandra Rauser, University of California, Los Angeles

Daniel Sanchez, American Association for the Advancement of Science 

Gregory Savageau, American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences

Maxine Savitz, Honeywell, Inc., ret.

Adam Smith, Southern California Edison

Nancy Sutley, Los Angeles Department of  Water and Power 

Gerald Torres, Cornell University

David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business 

Alex Wang, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law 

March 1, 2018
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA

The Bryson Symposium on Climate and Energy Policy drew on the diverse experiences of several California leaders in climate and energy, as well as the Ƶ’s research program on Durability and Adaptability in Energy Policy, to explore how new research and innovations in both public policy and scientific research are contributing to the mitigation of climate change, and how local, state, and regional action can drive progress toward national climate and energy goals.

Speakers

Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future

Ralph Cavanagh, NRDC

Nathan S. Lewis, California Institute of Technology

Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board

Ronald O. Nichols, Southern California Edison

John Randell, American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences 

Thomas F. Rosenbaum, California Institute of Technology

Maxine L. Savitz, formerly Honeywell, Inc.

Robert B. Weisenmiller, California Energy Commission
 

December 4, 2017
American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, MA

With support from the Kresge Foundation, the Ƶ convened three workshops with state and municipal policy-makers and practitioners to discuss how the conclusions from the Ƶ study could be integrated into existing and new policies and programs. These workshops focused on three regions of the country: California, the Great Lakes, and New England.

The second regional workshop convened by the Ƶ study group focused on the development and implementation of energy policy in New England.

Read the workshop summary.

Participants

Joseph Aldy, Harvard Kennedy School

Jacquie Ashmore,  Boston University

Janet Gail Besser, Northeast Clean Energy Council

Laurie Burt, Laurie Burt LLC

Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future

David Cash, University of Massachusetts Boston

Robert Ethier, ISO New England 

Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University

Joseph Goffman, Harvard Law School

Paul Hibbard, Analysis Group

Bruce Ho, Natural Resources Defense Council

Judson Jaffe, U.S. Department of the Treasury; formerly, Analysis Group, Inc.

Barbara Kates-Garnick, Tufts University

Amelia Keyes, Resources for the Future 

Kristen McCormack, Harvard University

Tom McShane, Dewey Square Group

John Randell, American Ƶ of Arts  and Sciences

Stephen Russell, Department of Energy Resources, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Gregory Savageau, American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences

Nancy L. Seidman, Regulatory Assistance Project 

Dan Sosland, Acadia Center

Will Space, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Jordan Stutt, Acadia Center

Sharon Weber, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Matthew Willner, Ceres
 

November 1, 2017
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Ann Arbor, MI

With support from the Kresge Foundation, the Ƶ convened three workshops with state and municipal policy-makers and practitioners to discuss how the conclusions from the Ƶ study could be integrated into existing and new policies and programs. These workshops focused on three regions of the country: California, the Great Lakes, and New England.

The first of the three regional workshops organized by the Ƶ examined the integration of municipal and state policies in the Great Lakes region.

Read the workshop summary.

Participants

Joseph Aldy, Harvard Kennedy School

Janice Beecher, Michigan State University

Valerie Brader, Michigan Agency for Energy

Stephen Brooks, University of Windsor

Kathryn Buckner, Council of Great Lakes Industries

Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future

Liesl Clark, 5 Lakes Energy

James Clift, Michigan Environmental Council

Anne Evens, Elevate Energy

Luke Forrest, Michigan Municipal League

Douglas George, Consul General of Canada in Detroit

Kristine Hartman, National Conference of State Legislatures

Catie Hausman, University of Michigan

Melissa Greene Hopfer, Lucas County Commissioner’s Office

Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Michigan Senate Environmental Quality Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee

Chris Kolb, Michigan Environmental Council

Mary Maupin, Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan

Sarah Mills, University of Michigan

Matthew Naud, City of Ann Arbor, MI

Barry Rabe, University of Michigan

Daniel Raimi, Resources for the Future; University of Michigan

John Randell, American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences

Sean Reed, Clean Energy Coalition

Gregory Savageau, American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences

Andy Stocking, Principal Business Enterprises, Inc.

Frank Szollosi, National Wildlife Federation

On December 3–4, 2015, the American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences convened a meeting in partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Association for Psychological Science to evaluate how DOE and other government agencies have applied insights from the decision sciences and to identify areas for further improvement. The “Decision Science and Market Transformation Pathways Workshop” brought together representatives from the social science research community, DOE, the National Laboratories, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, the National Research Council, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST). The workshop participants identified barriers that continue to impede the incorporation of decision science research into government programs, with a specific focus on energy programs. In addition, they offered numerous strategies to overcome these barriers and ensure that energy programs meet their full potential. The workshop informed the project's report of the same name which describes the suggestions presented by workshop participants and proposes a research agenda for a collaborative effort among government research agencies.

Participant List

Workshop Report and Recommendations

June 18 - 19, 2014

Pace Law School

White Plains, NY

This workshop explored the application of behavioral strategies to energy decisions and behaviors. Convened by the American in partnership with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), with co-sponsorship from the Pace Energy and Climate Center at Pace University and the SunShot program of the U.S. Department of Energy, the workshop’s three primary objectives were:

  1. to share the results of new research in the behavioral sciences as it had been applied to energy decision-making and clean energy programs;
  2. to promote communication among social scientists, New York clean energy program managers, New York State Public Service Commission staff, and state and federal policy-makers; and
  3. to improve the effectiveness of energy projects funded by the U.S. and New York State governments through the open exchange of information and experience.

The workshop participants reported key research findings and identified outstanding research questions and priorities for energy policy and programs. The goal was to bridge the conceptual and practical gap between the potential of behavioral science research and its current impact on innovation and policy-making. As Marsha L. Walton, Senior Project Manager in Energy Efficiency and Exploratory Research at NYSERDA and member of the workshop steering committee, noted at the beginning of the meeting, the workshop was intended “to bring together researchers, programs, and funders of research… to consolidate a shared vision, through partnership, between the decisions sciences and the clean energy programs.”

Workshop Summary

February 14-15, 2013

Cambridge, MA

The American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences convened a workshop on February 14-15, 2013, to consider the importance of durability and flexibility to the design of institutions and policy tools that deal with climate change, and the specific challenge of sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next four to five decades.

Workshop Conclusions and Participants

April 25, 2012

The National Press Club

Washington, DC

May 19–20, 2011

George Washington University

Washington, DC

The American Ƶ convened representatives from academia, industry, and government to discuss how social science research and expertise can speed the adoption of new energy technologies. Workshop participants identified priorities for future social science research and for new collaborations between social scientists and policy makers.The Workshop findings are described in the 2011 report, Beyond Technology: Strengthening Energy Policy through Social Science.

Speaker Bios

Workshop Report