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Energy Policy Seminar: "The Climate Economics of Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands"

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Brian Prest, Fellow and Director of the Social Cost of Carbon Initiative at Resources for the Future. Prest will give a talk entitled "The Climate Economics of Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands: From Campaign Promises to the Inflation Reduction Act." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: In-person attendance is limited to current Harvard ID holders. No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis.

Members of the public are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page (typically one week later). Those who register for this event will automatically receive a link to the recording as soon as it becomes available.

Accessibility: Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Date: Time: - Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB
Courtesy of Brian Prest

Speaker

Speaker

Brian Prest is an economist and Fellow at Resources for the Future specializing in climate change, oil and gas, and energy economics. Prest uses economic theory and econometric models to improve energy and environmental policies by assessing their impacts on markets and pollution outcomes. His recent work includes improving the scientific basis of the social cost of carbon (SCC) and economic modeling of federal oil and gas leasing policies that account for the SCC as part of royalties. He also uses machine learning techniques to improve understanding of household electricity demand and time-varying pricing. His past work includes econometric modeling of the US oil and gas industry, evaluating the effects of coal subsidies on emissions, understanding the economic effects of rising temperatures, modeling the market dynamics of climate change policy under policy uncertainty. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Energy Economics, and The Energy Journal.

Prior to joining RFF, Prest earned his PhD at Duke University and previously worked in both the public and private sectors. At the Congressional Budget Office, he developed economic models of various energy sectors to analyze the effects of proposed legislation, including the 2009 Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill and related Clean Electricity Standards. At NERA Economic Consulting, he conducted electricity market modeling, project valuation, and discounted cash flow analysis of various infrastructure investments in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia, with a focus on the power sector.

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