prof @EconCalgary working on climate policy and electricity markets. Former energy trader. Not here much anymore. You can find me where the Sky is Blue :)
Calgary
Joined January 2012
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NL and Quebec premiers to make energy announcement on Monday theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Churchill Falls : une entente sera officialisée la semaine prochaine rc.ca/TTzpD0
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See the follow-ups in this thread. This was murder by a masked coward agent of the government. Clear as day. And of course Tricia McLaughlin made up a totally bullshit story with no evidence as if we don't have cameras. You either believe in freedom or not. Choose wisely. 1/2
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Postdoc 2: Demand Flexibility
Working with @EricaMyersEcon and @bcshaffer
A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility.
Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/170…
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Postdoc 1: Transmission
Working with @bcshaffer and Sarah Johnston
A mix of independent research and also being part of an exciting multiyear multi-province and multidisciplinary interprovincial transmission initiative!
Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/170…
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Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) economist.com/interactive/tr…
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"But what if we had one million EVs??? 😱😱"
Let's put 1M EVs in Alberta in context...
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Literally the only time NATO's Article V was invoked was after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, leading other nations to join the U.S. in the Afghanistan war.
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If you’ve called Trudeau a traitor and then you turn around praising the idea of Canada becoming a “51st state” then I hate to break it to you…
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Donald Trump — the twice impeached former president, Jan. 6 coup leader, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser, and man who mismanaged the 2020 economic implosion and coronavirus disaster that killed more than 1 million people in this country — has convinced American voters to give him another term in the White House.
🔗 rollingstone.com/politics/po…
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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We're searching for an Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy. Application deadline: December 10.
Details here: uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.co…
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I'm super happy to announce that @TSEinfo will hire an environmental economist on this year's economics job market. Apply here econjobmarket.org/positions/… before Nov. 17th.
Come and join our amazing group of environmental economists: sites.google.com/site/enviro…
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We all face moments when things feel overwhelming, and that’s okay. Remember, you are not alone.
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The greatest limiter to clean energy abundance is not building cheap clean power generation or electrifying end-uses.
It’s the grid itself. It’s getting really really expensive yet somehow also sucks at connecting new supply and demand.
Three super productive levers IMO:
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World’s largest transformer maker warns of supply crunch on.ft.com/3NQ9jkn
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The most bonkers resolution, which seeks to prevent the UN from “transferring Crown lands to First Nations, and then revising international law to seize the land from the First Nations,” passed.
Not one person spoke against it.