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 Academy convened three workshops with state and municipal policy-makers and practitioners to discuss how the conclusions from the Academy 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 Academy’s study on Durability and Adaptability in Energy Policy was held in Los Angeles, California.
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 Academy of Arts and Sciences
Casandra Rauser, University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel Sanchez, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Gregory Savageau, American Academy 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 Academy’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 Academy 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 Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, MA
With support from the Kresge Foundation, the Academy convened three workshops with state and municipal policy-makers and practitioners to discuss how the conclusions from the Academy 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 Academy study group focused on the development and implementation of energy policy in New England.
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 Academy of Arts and Sciences
Stephen Russell, Department of Energy Resources, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Gregory Savageau, American Academy 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 Academy convened three workshops with state and municipal policy-makers and practitioners to discuss how the conclusions from the Academy 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 Academy examined the integration of municipal and state policies in the Great Lakes region.
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 Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sean Reed, Clean Energy Coalition
Gregory Savageau, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Andy Stocking, Principal Business Enterprises, Inc.
Frank Szollosi, National Wildlife Federation
On December 3–4, 2015, the American Academy 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.
February 2015
Cambridge, MA
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:
- to share the results of new research in the behavioral sciences as it had been applied to energy decision-making and clean energy programs;
- 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
- 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.”
February 14-15, 2013
Cambridge, MA
The American Academy 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.
November 2012
Washington, DC
May 19–20, 2011
George Washington University
Washington, DC
The American Academy 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.