Date/Time:
Wed, October 26, 2011
06:30PM - 08:00PM
Venue:
Law Offices of Baker & Hostetler (Suite 1100)
Location:
1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036
Map address
Registration Period:
09/29/2011-10/26/2011
Energy problems and policy proposals remain in the news; sometimes the news is good, other times it seems headed in the wrong direction. This discussion takes a look at the underlying nature of the problems with energy policy and at some intriguing approaches to addressing energy-related problems. Particular attention will be paid to the "low-hanging fruit" associated with energy efficiency. Policies to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency have been gaining momentum throughout the world, often justified by environmental and energy security concerns. So why has this low-hanging fruit not yet been picked and eaten? Is it really so low hanging? If not, what can we do to move toward more energy efficiency and renewable energy policies?
James Sweeney, PhD ’71, is Director of the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center; Professor of Management Science and Engineering; Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Hoover Institution. His professional activities focus on economic policy and analysis, particularly in energy, natural resources and the environment. He is the author of The California Electricity Crisis, an analytical history of the economic and policy issues associated with California's electricity restructuring and the subsequent crisis. Professor Sweeney is a Senior Fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics and a council member and Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology.
