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Energy Policy Seminar: "Feeling the Heat: How Households Manage High Electricity Bills"

Open to the Public

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Abigail Ostriker, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Ostriker will give a talk entitled "Feeling the Heat: How Households Manage High Electricity Bills." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. Please be advised that this seminar will not be recorded.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or for questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Sponsors: The Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

Date: Time: - Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB
Abigail Ostriker

Speaker

Speaker

Abigail Ostriker is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. She received her PhD in Economics from MIT in 2023. In her doctoral dissertation, she explored the trade-off between regulatory benefits and costs in the context of residential flood risk. Her research aims to use the tools of public finance to study the economics of environmental risk, with a particular focus on adaptation to climate change.

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