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The authors' analysis shows consumer responses to changing energy prices are linked to their income levels. The study can help policymakers analyze household welfare when implementing fiscal or energy reforms.

The ORDC has been proposed in some markets to solve the missing-money problem. The authors estimate the extent to which ORDC prices are negatively affected by wind generation, using hourly data from ERCOT between Jan. 2015 and Feb. 2019. The authors conclude that if wind penetration increases, ORDC may not be a good idea.

This paper presents a stochastic bilevel disjunctive program for transmission investment planning. Published in Networks and Spatial Economics -- A Journal of Infrastructure Modeling and Computation.

For petrostates like Saudi Arabia, new tactics and strategies will be needed to recapture the strategic interest of global powers, and to cope with the transition away from fossil fuels. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Fall 2020.

The authors' combined statistical and economic models on specific aspects and properties of biochar will be useful for future field experiment proposals, farmers purchasing biochar, and decision-makers working to incentivize agricultural advances. In GCB-Bioenergy, October 8, 2020, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcbb.12765

The authors propose a new way to estimate "reasonably reliable" power and find that 3.5 billion people live without it.

The global financial cost of Covid-19 could top $15 trillion. But governments could prevent future pandemics by investing as little as $22 billion a year in programs to curb wildlife trafficking and stem the destruction of tropical forests, according to an international team of scientists including Baker Institute Faculty Scholar Ted Loch-Temzelides.

This study presents an integrated framework for hurricane risk assessment of petroleum infrastructure under changing climatic conditions, calculating risk in terms of monetary loss.

What role does natural gas play in Russian foreign policy and domestic politics? Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies, takes an in-depth look at the last two decades of Russian gas policy. Orbis: https://bit.ly/38kB0wa

Published in Energy Policy, Volume 142, July 2020.