Energy and Economic Policy Models: A Re-examination of Some Fundamental Issues

A list of workshop participants and final agenda are available to download.

Speaker	Affiliation	Presentation		Click here to Download Papers and Presentations:
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16th
Building from First Principles of Good Energy Modeling				Presentation
Dick Munson	Northeast-Midwest Institute	Author of the book, From Edison to Enron		Check out this book at Amazon.com
Discussant: Peter Balash (NETL)
Dick Munson	Northeast-Midwest Institute	Improving Prediction of Energy Futures	Paper	Presentation
Francisco de la Chesnaye	EPA Climate Economics Branch	"Insights from a Detailed Review of the EMF-21 Multigas Emissions Scenarios" Energy Economics 2006	Paper	Presentation
Discussants: Frank Ackerman (Tufts University) & Donald Hanson (Argonne National Laboratory)
Marvin Horowitz	Demand Research	"A National Energy Efficiency Data Center: Removing the Curse of Invisibility"	Paper	Presentation
Discussants: Meredith Fowlie (University of Michigan) and Jim Barrett (Redefining Progress)
Neal Elliott	ACEEE	"Importance of Energy Service Demand Representation in the Consideration of Technology Choices in Manufacturing"	Paper	Presentation
Discussants: Samudra Vijay (EPA) & Joel Yudken (High Road Strategies)
Skip Laitner	ACEEE	"Toward Improvements in Economic Policy Models"	Paper	Presentation
Discussants: Alan Fawcett (EPA) & Michael Reed (NTEL)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17th
Stephen DeCanio	University of California-Santa Barbara	"Is Economics the Wrong Language for Addressing Climate Policy?"	Paper
Discussants: Kristen Sheeran (St. Mary's College of Maryland) and Rachel Cleetus (UCS)
Jayant Sathaye & Christie Galitsky	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	"An Update on Characterizing End-Use Efficiency Technology in the Industrial Sector"	Paper	Presentation
Discussants: Inês Azevado (Carnegie Mellon University) and Duncan Callaway (University of Michigan)
Michelle Manion & Jason Rudokas	Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management	"Emissions Reduction as Strategic Investment Decisions: Insights from the NE-MARKAL Model"	Paper	Presentation
Michael Leifman	DOE-EERE	"Modeling of Uncertainties in Major Drivers in U.S. Electricity Markets"	Paper	Presentation
John Hoffman	Enhanced Turbine Output LLC	"Modeling the Energy System: Creating Evolutionary Models Useful to Evaluating a Full Range of Policies"	Paper	Presentation
Discussant: Eric Williams (Duke University Nicholas Institute)
Benjamin Sovacool	Author-Consultant	Co-editor of the Book (with Marilyn Brown), Energy and American Society-Thirteen Myths	Presentation
Discussant: Vanessa McKinney (American University)
Policy Panel: Relevance for Policy Makers and the Public Niko Dietsch (EPA), Maggie Eldridge (ACEEE), and Scott Hassell (DOE)

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