1. Investment in Oil (Imperial 5/7/9 Rooms)

Robert E. Borgstrom, Presiding
Advisor on Regulation

Strategies of Investment in the Canadian Oil Sands Under Price Uncertainty: A Dynamic Programming Approach
Déborah Bouchonneau
Frédéric Lantz
IFP
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Oil Refining Planning Under Price and Demand Uncertainties: Case of Algeria
Abderrezak Benyoucef
Algerian Petroleum Institute
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Tax Treatment and the Extensive Margin
Timothy Fitzgerald
Montana State University
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Jump Processes in the Market for Crude Oil
Neil A Wilmot
University of Minnesota Duluth
Charles F Mason
University of Wyoming
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Oil Market Volatility: An Econometric Analysis of the Interactions Between the Crude Oil Market, The Gas Oil and The Gasoline Markets
Frederic T Lantz
Emmanuel Hache
IFP School
Christos Ioannidis
University of Bath
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2. Valuation (Imperial 1/2/3 Rooms)

Ronald Ripple, Presiding
Professor of Energy Economics
Curtin University of Technology

New Developments in the Use of Valuation to Support Real Asset Decisions with a CO2 Management Opportunity as an Example
David Laughton
DLC Ltd. and School of Business, University of Alberta
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How to Regulate a Market-Driven Rollout of Smart Meters? A Multi-Sided Market Economics Perspective
Jan Schaechtele
Jens Uhlenbrock
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht i.Gr.
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The Smart Grid Business Case
John Caldwell
Director of Economics, Edison Electric Institute
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A Multiregional Macroeconomic Framework for Analyzing Energy Policies
Treyz Frederick
Scott M Nystrom
Zilin Cui
Regional Economic Models, Inc.
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How U.S. Government Investment in Smart Grid Technologies Compares to the Estimated Spending Needed for a Nationwide Grid
Melissa Chan
David Feliciano
Daniel Handal
Thomas Murray
Navigant
Joseph Paladino
U.S. Department of Energy
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3. Electricity Markets (Stephen A Room)

Mina Dioun, Presiding
Competitive Market Analysis Manager
Lower Colorado River Authority

Risk Premia in Electricity Wholesale Spot Markets – Empirical Evidence from Germany
Matthäus Pietz
TU München
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Ownership Unbundling, Investments and Consumer Prices - A Panel Data Analysis
Stephan Schmitt
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Regulatory Economics
Margarethe Rammerstorfer
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Finance, Banking and Insurance
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Capacity Market Design to Integrate Renewable Energy
Xiaoyue Jiang
Geoffrey G Parker
Ekundayo Shittu
Tulane University
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Economic Feasibility and Investment Decisions of Coal and Biomass to Liquids
Oleg A Kucher
Jerald J Fletcher
West Virginia University
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Investment in Alternative Energy Resources for Fuel Production: Towards a "Green" or "Black" Resource Emergence?
Déborah Bouchonneau
Elodie Le Cadre
French Institute of Petroleum
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4. Emerging Energy Technologies and U.S. Energy Policy Options (Neilson 1 Room)

Alan Krupnick, Presiding
Research Director & Sr. Fellow
Resources for the Future

Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options
Margaret Walls
Alan Krupnick
Resources for the Future
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Energy, Greenhouse Gas and Economic Implications of Natural Gas Trucks
Alan Krupnick
Resources for the Future
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Abundant Shale Gas Resources: Implications for U.S. Natural Gas Markets and Policy
Alan Krupnick
Stephen Brown
Resources for the Future
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Modeling Policies to Promote Renewable and Low Carbon Sources of Electricity
Karen Palmer
Resources for the Future
Richard Sweeney
Kennedy School at Harvard
Maura Allaire
University of North Carolina
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5. Policies for Renewable Energy (Neilson 2 Room)

James L. Smith, Presiding
Professor of Finance
Southern Methodist University

Analysis of Policies for the Development of New Renewable Energy Sources in Brazil
Ricardo L Baitelo
Luiz Cláudio R Galvão
Miguel Edgar M Udaeta
Marcelo C Furtado
Eliane Aparecida F.A. Fadigas
PEA-USP Energy Department, University of São Paulo
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The Biomass Real Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Life-Cycle Analysis
Bruna B Correia
Arnaldo Walter
UNICAMP
Tiago B Correia
Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy
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Renewable Energy Sources, Technology Mix, and Competition in Liberalized Electricity Market: The Case of Spain
Carlos Gutiérrez-Hita
Universitas Miguel Hernández
Nikolaos Georgantzís
Universidad de Granada
Aitor Ciarreta
University of the Basque Country
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What is Energy Security? Do We Really Mean Energy Vulnerability?
Mark Hutson
Fred Joutz
Arun Malik
Robert Trost
George Washington University
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Zonal Supply Curve Estimation With Fuzzy Marginal Fuel in Electricity Markets
Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani
Seth A Blumsack
Andrew Kleit
Penn State University
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6. Natural Gas Developments (Neilson 3 Room)

Anas Alhajji, Presiding
Chief Economist
Natural Gas Partners

The Future of Unconventional Gas: Legal, Policy and Environmental Challenges to the Development of North American Shale Gas
Susan L Sakmar
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law
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Equilibrium Forward Gas Prices with Storage
Burcu Cigerli
Rice University
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Did Residential Rates Fall After Retail Competition? A Dynamic Panel Analysis
Adam Swadley
Mine Yucel
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Productivity Growth in Electric Energy Commercialization in Colombia. A Bootstrap Approach
Rodrigo Taborda
Julieth Santamaria
Universidad del Rosario
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The Merit Order Effect of Wind Generation in the Irish Electricity Market
Amy O'Mahoney
Eleanor Denny
Trinity College Dublin
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7. Dennis J. O'Brien USAEE/IAEE Best Student Paper Award Competition
    Supported by: Southern Company & IAEE
     (Walker/Bannerman Room )

Fred Joutz, Presiding
Professor of Economics
George Washington University

Do U.S. Households Favor High Fuel Economy Vehicles When Gasoline Prices Increase? A Discrete Choice Analysis
Karplus J Valerie
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
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Cost-Competitive CO2 Mitigation with Combined Heat and Power Systems in Calgary
Nicolas E Choquette-Levy
Rahul Nakhasi
Geoff Holmes
Marc Beaudin
University of Calgary
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How Effective is U.S. Technology Policy on Clean Energy?
Julia Frayer
Yifei Zhang
London Economics International LLC
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Analysis of U.S. Renewable Fuels Policies Using Modified Markal and Gtap-Bio Models
Kemal Sarica
Wallace E. Tyner
Purdue University
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The Impact of State-Level Convenience and Monetary Incentives for Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Demand
Alison C Riggieri
IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute
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8. Carbon Capture and Storage (Imperial 5/7/9 Rooms)

Sam Wong, Presiding
Associate Reseach Officer
Alberta Research Council

Economics of Geological Sequestration Options for the Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Plant
Hui Su
Jerald J Fletcher
West Virginia University
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Climate Effects of Carbon Taxes,Taking into Account Possible Other Future Climate Measures
Florian Habermacher
Gebhard Kirchgässner
SIAW-HSG (University of St. Gallen)
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A More Diversified U.S. Climate Policy than Just Carbon Dioxide Reduction
James L Plummer
QED Research
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Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth: A Cost Function Approach
Jihyo Kim
Eunnyeong Heo
Seoul National University
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Agent-Based Modelling of the Linked Energy, Economic, and Cimate System for Scenario Generation and Robust Decision-Making
Peng Wang
Michael D Gerst
Richard B Howarth
Mark E Borsuk
Dartmouth College
Giovanni Dosi
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Andrea Roventini
University of Verona
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9. Energy-Economy Linkages 1 (Imperial 1/2/3 Rooms)

Shree Vikas, Presiding
Director, Market Intelligence & Strategy
ConocoPhillips Inc

Energy Ladders of Supply and Demand
Paul J. Burke
Australian National University
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Clearing the Air: Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax
Lori Smith Schell
President, Empowered Energy
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Pollution Abatement with Intermittent Sources of Energy
Hagen Schwerin
Simon Fraser University
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Oil Price Fluctuations and Macroeconomic Performances in Asian and Oceanic Economies
Youngho Chang
Kamika Jha
Katrina Fernandez
Fatein Jam'an
Nanyang Technological University
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Oil and the Macroeconomy of Kazakhstan
Ferhat Bilgin
Fred Joutz
The George Washington University
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10. Grid Investments (Stephen A Room)

Jean-Thomas Bernard, Presiding
Professor, Department of Economics
University Laval

A Regulatory Innovation Incentive for Alternative Grid Structure Design Options
Natalie Prüggler
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Department for Renewable Energies
Christoph Bremberger
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Research Institute for Regulatory Economics
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Grid Expansion when the Frequency is Balanced
Denes Kucsera
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Research Institute for Regulatory Economics
Engelbert Dockner
Margarethe Rammerstorfer
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurance
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A Hybrid Approach to Financing Transmission Expansion
Richard Benjamin
Economist, Round Table Group
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International Indexes for Energy Security Risk
Daniel E Klein
Christopher D Russell
Twenty-First Strategies, LLC
Stephen D Eule
Institute for 21st Century Energy
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Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk: 2011 Edition
Stephen D Eule
Institute for 21st Century Energy
Daniel E Klein
Twenty-First Strategies, LLC
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11. Influencing Energy Use 1 (Neilson 1 Room)

Marc Melaina, Presiding
Senior Engineer
NREL

Heterogeneity in the Rebound: a Quantile-Regression Approach
Manuel Frondel
Nolan Ritter
Colin Vance
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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An Indirect Examination of the Porter Hypothesis via Consumer Behaviour
David L Ryan
Junaid bin Jahangir
University of Alberta
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Econometric Energy Demand Elasticities: A Walk Down Memory Lane
Carol A Dahl
Professor, Colorado School of Mines
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Neural Networks to Model Energy Commodity Price Dynamics
Massimo Panella
Francesco Barcellona
Valentina Santucci
Rita L D'Ecclesia
Sapienza, University of Rome
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12. Biofuels (Walker/Bannerman Room)

Ronald Soligo, Presiding
Professor of Economics
Rice University

Innovation in Biofuels: Assessement of Challenges Over their Life-Cycle
Pierre-Olivier Pineau
Elodie Palluet
HEC Montréal
Jose Vitor Bomtempo
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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Alternative Liquid Fuels Simulation Model (AltSim)
Thomas E Drennen
Ryan Williams
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Arnold B Baker
Sandia National Laboratories
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Renewable Fuels in Alberta: Policy Levers and Project Finance
Andrew Leach
Joseph Doucet
University of Alberta
Trevor Nickel
Highmark Renewables Research
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Measuring Uncertainties in Energy Regulation caused by Governmental Regulation: The Role of Information Theory
Silvia Serrano
Research Group on International Political Economy & Energy, UNED (Spanish Open University)
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Risk Management in the Energy Markets and Value-at-Risk Modelling: a Hybrid Approach
Kostas Andriosopoulos
ESCP Europe
Nikos Nomikos
Cass Business School
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13. Price, Tax, and Fuel Consumption (Neilson 2 Room)

Kim Coffman, Presiding
Economist
Bureau of Ocean Energy Mgmt Reg & Enfor

The Impact of Fiscal Policies on Road Passenger Transport Energy Demand in OECD Countries
Amela Ajanovic
Reinhard Haas
Vienna University of Technology
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Does a Carbon Tax on Fossil Fuels Promote Biofuels?
Govinda R. Timilsina
Stefan Csordás
Simon Mevel
The World Bank
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The Promise of the Smart Grid for the Electricity Sector
Fereidoon P Sioshansi
Menlo Energy Economics
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Shifting Electricity Demand with Smart Home Technologies
Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz
Birger Becker
Wolf Fichtner
Hartmut Schmeck
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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Negative Wholesale Power Prices: Why They Occur and What to Do about Them
Maria Woodman
Student - Economics Department, New York University
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14. Carbon Management (Imperial 5/7/9 Rooms)

Reinhard Haas, Presiding
Professor
Vienna University of Technology

Economic Evaluation of Ocean CO2 Injection as a Means for Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations
Thomas Rodengen
Karen Kohfeld
Simon Fraser University
Andy Ridgwell
University of Bristol
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Storing Carbon Dioxide in Saline Formations: Analyzing Extracted Water Treatment and Use for Power Plant Cooling
Peter H. Kobos
Jesse D. Roach
Thomas A Dewers
Jim L Krumhansl
Geoff T Klise
Brian Dwyer
Jason E Heath
David J. Borns
Sandia National Laboratory
Andrea McNemar
National Energy Technology Laboratory
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Designing Robust Hedging Strategies for U.S. Electric Sector Planning Under an Uncertain Climate Policy
Joseph F DeCarolis
Kevin M Hunter
Sarat Sreepathi
North Carolina State University
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An Integrated Approach to Modeling Land-use Implication on U.S. Agriculture Sector Under a Carbon Policy
Sugandha D Tuladhar
Mei Yuan
Paul Bernstein
David Montgomery
Anne Smith
Charles River Associates
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A Continental Renewable Portfolio Standard: A Better Way?
Mitchell Rothman
Managing Consultant, Power Advisory LLC
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15. Energy-Economy Linkages 2 (Imperial 1/2/3 Rooms)

Jean-Philippe Waaub, Presiding
Professor
GERAD, UQAM

Oil Price Shocks and Macroeconomy: Precautionary Demand in Crude Oil Market
Islam Rizvanoghlu
Rice University
View Abstract

Energy and Economic Development: An Assessment by Studying the Causality Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in ECOWAS
Ouedraogo S Nadia
Universite Paris-Dauphine
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The Role of CCS in Meeting a CES
Christopher J Nichols
Peter Balash
DOE/NETL
Nadeja Victor
IBM
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Public Perceptions of Carbon Capture and Storage: Survey Evidence from Indiana
David C Warren
John D Graham
Sanya Carley
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
John Rupp
Indiana Geological Survey
Rachel M Krause
University of Texas-El Paso
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Carbon Capture and Storage Regulation as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy: Legal Issues on Liability
Viviane Romeiro
Virginia Parente
University of Sao Paulo
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16. Distributed Generation and Smart Grid (Stephen A Room)

Kurtis Hildebrandt, Presiding
Manager, Regulatory Affairs
ENMAX Corporation

Impact Analysis of Innovative Business Models for Future Smart Grid and DG/RES Developments
Wolfgang Prüggler
Vienna University of Technology
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Economics of Distributed Generation - Modeling Small Wind
Jonathan McClelland
Director, Energy & Environment Policy, M.J. Beck Consulting
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Energy Storage and its Ability to Add Stability to Intermittent Generation and Reduce Distribution Network Costs
Craig Froome
School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland
Liam Wagner
School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Sustainable Growth with Renewable and Fossil Fuels Energy Sources
Carlo Andrea Bollino
Silvia Micheli
University of Perugia
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Impacts of Wealth Distribution on Energy Consuption in Nigeria: A Case of Selected Households in Gombe State
Maryam Bello
Gombe State University
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17. Influencing Energy Use 2 (Neilson 1 Room)

Peter K. Nance, Presiding
Executive Director, NA Power Res
JP Morgan Chase

Welfare Impacts of Single-Provider Residential-Electricity-Service Price Discrimination
Daniel M Hamblin
President, Dan Hamblin & Associates, Inc.
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A Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate the Power of Information
Sebastien Houde
Stanford University
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State-Level Energy Consumption, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Economic Growth
Wesley Burnett
West Virginia University
John C Bergstrom
Jeffrey H Dorfman
University of Georgia
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A Research on Predicting Amount of Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions of the Urban and Rural Population in China
Hong Mi
Wei Zhou
Zhejiang University
Pengyuan Ma
Xiamen University
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Development and Evaluation of Feebate Policies for California’s Effort to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Light-Duty Vehicles
David S Bunch
University of California-Davis
David L Greene
Changzheng Liu
Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Tim Lipman
University of California-Berkeley
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18. Issues in Renewable Energy (Walker/Bannerman Room)

Douglas Arent, Presiding
Executive Director, Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis
National Renewable Energy Lab

The Use of Geothermal Energy in U.S. Military Operations: Challenges and Potential
Michael E Canes
Distinguished Scholar, LMI
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Indirect Land Use Change from Biofuels: Exploring Implications of Production System Heterogeneity for Results and Mitigation Strategies
Julie Witcover
Sonia L. Yeh
Institute for Transportation Studies, UC Davis
Siwa Msangi
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Water Intensity of Electricity from Geothermal Resources
Gouri S Mishra
William E Glassley
Sonia Yeh
University of California, Davis
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Electricity Market Restructuring and Investment in Nuclear Power Generation: Evidence from Power Uprates in U.S. Nuclear Industry
Chen-Hao Tsai
Student, Pennsylvania State University
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19. Issues in GHG Strategies (Neilson 2 Room)

Tilak Doshi, Presiding
Chief Economist, ESI
National University of Singapore

Does an Increase in the Elderly Population Cause a Decrease in CO2 Emissions from Road Transportation? A Positive Analysis Using the Environmental Kuznets Curve
Akira Okada
Tokyo City University
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Modeling Greenhouse Gas Emissions for a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Tri-Generation (Heat, Hydrogen, and Power) System
Darlene M Steward
Marc W Melaina
Karen Webster
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Fred Joseck
U.S. Department of Energy
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Calgary Through Vehicle Technologies
Daniel M Burt
Jessica P Abella
Amanda D Boyd
Masoud Fard
Janne S Kettunen
University of Calgary
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Changes in the Operational Efficiency of National Oil Companies
Peter R Hartley
Kenneth B Medlock
Rice University
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The Economics of the South Stream Pipeline in the Context of Russo-Ukrainian Gas Bargaining
Chi-Kong Chyong
Student, University of Cambridge
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20. Energy Demand Forecasting (Neilson 3 Room)

Michal C. Moore, Presiding
Professor of Energy Economics
University of Calgary

Beyond Commodity Markets - Emerging Issues in Canadian Industrial Energy Use
Ken Newel
Technology Specialist, National Energy Board
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Modeling and Forecasting Residential Electricity Consumption in the U.S. Mountain Region
Fred Joutz
Jason Jorgenson
George Washington University
View Abstract

Understanding Residential Energy Efficiency Investments
Will Gans
AREC
View Abstract

Economic Costs of Wind Integration in Heavily Thermally Dependent Grids
Amy N Sopinka
Student, University of Victoria
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Stochastic Modeling of Wind Power Production
Dmitry Kurochkin
Anjali Sheffrin
Tulane Energy Institute
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21. Oil Industry Performance and Reforms (Imperial 5/7/9 Rooms)

David H. Knapp, Presiding
Chief Energy Economist
Energy Intelligence Group

Petroleum Industry Restructuring in Nigeria: A Simulation Analysis of its Impact on Deepwater E&P Project Economics & Take Statistics
Omowunmi O Iledare
Professor/Director, LSU Center for Energy Studies
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The Impact of Speculation vs “Peak-oil” on the World Oil Price
Reinhard J Haas
Amela Ajanovic
Hans Auer
Lukas Kranzl
Andreas Mueller
Christian Redl
Gustav Resch
Lukas Weissensteiner
Energy Economics Group, Vienna University of Technology
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The Impact of a Regulatory Gap for Oil and Gas on First Nations Land
Lucija Muehlenbachs
Resources for the Future
Will Gans
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
View Abstract

An Analysis of Risk and Rate of Return to International Oil Companies from Iran's Buy-Back Service Contracts: The Case of Soroosh and Nowrooz
Abbas Ghandi
C Y Cynthia Lin
University of California at Davis
View Extended Abstract

A Comparative Study of Domestic and Foreign E&P Investment Performance of Selected Firms in the United States, 1977-2008
Omowumi O Iledare
Professor/Director, LSU Center for Energy Studies
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22. Hydropower and Nuclear (Stephen A Room)

Carol Dahl, Presiding
Professor
Colorado School of Mines

GHG Emissions Quantification Resulting from Hydropower-based Electricity Trade and Market Analysis: The Case of Quebec (2006-2008)
Mourad Ben Amor
Caroline Gaudeault
Réjean Samson
CIRAIG-École Polytechnique de Montréal
Pierre-Olivier Pineau
CIRAIG-HEC Montreal
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The Need for Nuclear Power in Mexico
Pablo Mulás
Instituto Investigaciones Eléctricas
Gerardo R Bazan
CAI-CFE
Juan Eibenschutz
CNSNS
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Climate Policy Uncertainty and Investment Behavior: Evidence From Small Hydropower Plants
Ane Marte Heggedal
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kristin Linnerud
CICERO
Stein-Erik Fleten
NTNU
View Abstract

Modeing Household Energy Consumption and Adoption of Energy-Efficient Technology
Jia Li
Economist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Global Energy Model – Updating of the GEM-DYN
Sergey P Filippov
Energy Research Institute
Vladislav V Savin
ERIRAS
Oleg V Marchenko
Sergey V Solomin
ISEM SB RAS
Vladislav V Tropanets
RGSU
Mikhail M Beresentsev
RKS
Alexander V Lebedev
RZD
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23. Energy Efficiency and DSM (Neilson 1 Room)

Stephanie J. Battles, Presiding
Division Director
Energy Information Administration

Demand Side Management: New Perspectives For a New Era
Sanya Carley
Assistant Professor, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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Conventional and Unconventional Management Methods of Energy Efficiency for Peripheral Regions
Namejs Zeltins
Viktors Zebergs
Vilnis Kreslins
Institute of Physical Energetics
Karlis Mikelsons
Latvian Member Committee of WEC
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Efficient but Sufficient Support of all RES Technologies in Times of Volatile Raw Energy Prices
Christian Panzer
Gustav Resch
Vienna University of Technology
Ric Hoefnagels
Martin Junginger
Copernicus Institute Utrecht University
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Examining the Environmental Impact of European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) - An Input Output Approach
Usman Ali Lawan
Student, CEPMLP - University of Dundee
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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Tradable Credits System Design and Cost Savings
Jonathan Rubin
University of Maine
Paul N Leiby
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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24. Energy and R&D (Walker/Bannerman Room)

James L. Sweeney, Presiding
Dir, Precourt Inst. for Energy Eff.
Stanford University

Impact of Carbon Policy on Industry Technology Adoption in a Stochastic Energy Model
Olga Livingston
Joseph M Roop
Brian K Boyd
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Is there a Rationale for Government Support to low Carbon Technologies Beyond a General Tax or Cap-and-Trade-Regime?
Christoph Weber
Patrick Himmes
University Duisburg-Essen
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Energy Storage on the Grid: Informing Future Development
Eric Hittinger
Jay Whitacre
Jay Apt
Carnegie Mellon University
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Understanding the Formation and Influence of Complementary Innovations in Large Energy Technology Systems: The Case of Urban Energy Storage in Ontario’s Electricity System
Jennifer Hiscock
Philip R Walsh
Ryerson University
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25. GHG Abatement (Neilson 2 Room)

Roger Tissot, Presiding
Consultant

Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Models: How to Combine Them to Evaluate the Cost of Mid-term CO2 Emission Reduction?
Yutaka Nagata
CRIEPI
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Simulation of the GHG Abatement Potentials in the U.S. Building Sector by 2050
Michael Stadler
Nicholas DeForest
Chris Marnay
Florence Bonnet
Judy Lai
Trucy Phan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Reducing CO2 Emissions and Oil Dependence While Using Coal: MARKAL Scenarios for the United States
Peter C Balash
Christopher Nichols
Gavin Pickenpaugh
U.S. DOE/NETL
Nadejda Victor
U.S. DOE/NETL/TMS
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The Nature of Supply Bidding in Electricity Markets
Alina N Mackenthun
Student, The Pennsylvania State University
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Electricity Spot Prices: Integration, Congestion and Volatility
Melanie A Houllier
Cass Business School, City University London
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26. Long Run Energy Planning (Neilson 3 Room)

Andrew Leach, Presiding
Assistant Professor
University of Alberta

Long Run Energy Demand in Iran; Efficiency and Renewable Energy Scenarios
Saeed Moshiri
STM College, University of Saskatchewan
Farideh Atabi
Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Mohammad Hassan Panjeshahi
University of Tehran
Stefan Lechtenboehmer
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy
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Mode Selection of Carbon Emissions and Policy Simulation in China--Based on a Possibility-Satisfiability Degree Analysis of Carbon Emissions for the Period 2010-2050
Mi Hong
Zhejiang University
Zhou Wei
Ma Pengyuan

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Canadian Oil Production Over the 2020 Horizon: Insights from the New TIMES-Canada Energy Model
Kathleen Vaillancourt
Research Group in Decision Analysis
Yuri Alcocer
Olivier Bahn
École des Hautes Études Commerciales
Maryse Labriet
ENERIS Environment Energy Consultants
Amit Kanudia
KanORS Consultants
Richard Loulou
McGill University
Jean-Philippe Waaub
University of Quebec in Montreal
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Long Term Optimization of BC-Alberta Interconnected Energy System: Hydro-Wind Combined Case Study
Behdad Kiani
Andrew Rowe
Peter Wild
Lawrence Pitt
Tom Pedersen
University of Victoria
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Distributed Generation Adoption and Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Mark Sanford
Michael Leifman
GE Energy
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27. Issues in Oil Sands (Imperial 5/7/9 Rooms)

Andre Plourde, Presiding
Professor, Department of Economics
University of Alberta

Land Use Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Conventional and Unconventional Oil Production
Sonia Yeh
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
Sabrina Sparati
Drexel University
Adam Brandt
Stanford University
Sarah Jordaan
David Keith
University of Calgary
Merritt Turetsky
University of Guelph
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Net Economic and Environmental Benefits of an Oil Sands Mine
Chris T Joseph
Thomas I Gunton
Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Assessing the Role of Cogeneration for Carbon Management of Oil Sands Operations in Alberta
Ganesh H Doluweera
Sarah Jordaan
Joule A Bergerson
Michal Moore
University of Calgary
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Supplying Synthetic Crude Oil from Canadian Oil Sands: A Comparative Study of the Costs and CO2 Emissions of Mining and in-situ Recovery
Aurélie Méjean
Student, University of Cambridge
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Will Fuel Economy Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles Be Effective?
Winston Harrington
Alan Krupnick
Resources for the Future
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28. Wind (Stephen A Room)

Warren Katzenstein, Presiding
Associate
The Brattle Group

The Cost of Wind Power Variability
Warren Katzenstein
Jay Apt
Carnegie Mellon University
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Compensating for Wind Variability Using Co-Located Natural Gas Generation and Energy Storage
Eric Hittinger
J.F. Whitacre
Jay Apt
Carnegie Mellon University
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The Cost of Curailing Wind Turbines for Frequency Reguation and Ramp-Rate Limitation
Stephen Rose
Jay Apt
Carnegie Mellon University
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OPEC & the Looming Oil Crisis
Mamdouh G Salameh
International Oil Economist / World Bank Consultant, Oil Market Consultancy Service - UK / World Bank
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OPEC: Oil's Political Economy Conundrum
Christopher C Elsner
International Energy Analyst, U.S. Department of Energy
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29. Modeling Strategic Issues (Walker/Bannerman Room)

David Ryan, Presiding
Professor
University of Alberta

Improving the Clean Energy Affordability in Developing Countries by the Renewable Technologies Transfer
Djiby R. Thiam
Student, University of Bordeaux
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The Importance of Energy Quality in Energy Intensive Manufacturing: Evidence From Panel Cointegration and Panel FMOLS
Brant Liddle
Senior Research Fellow, CSES, Victoria University
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A Weather Sensitivity Analysis of National Energy Board Demand Projections
Matthew Hansen
Abha Bhargava
National Energy Board
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Policies to Encourage Building Energy Retrofits: Comparing Subsidies, Loans, and Mandates
Margaret Walls
Senior Fellow & Thomas Klutznick Chair, Resources for the Future
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Energy Efficiency Practice: A Focus on Residential Households
Austin C Otegbulu
Department of Estate Management University of Lagos
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30. Energy Security (Neilson 2 Room)

Guy F. Caruso, Presiding
Senior Associate
CSIS

Russia: An Aspiring Energy Superpower with Feet of Clay
Mamdouh G Salameh
International Oil Economist / World Bank Consultant, Oil Market Consultancy Service - UK / World Bank, Washington DC
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Crude Oil Imports and National Security
Paul MacAvoy
Anthony Corridore
Ed Hirs
Bob Ames
The Yale Graduates Energy Study Group
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The Roles of Hedgers and Speculators in the Natural Gas and Crude Oil Markets
Ronald D Ripple
Professor of Energy Economics, Curtin University
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Precautionary Demand Shocks in Crude Oil Market and Monetary Policy
Islam Rizvanoghlu
Phd Candidate, Rice University
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WTI/Brent Price Spread: The Cause and Solution
P Michael A Rodey
Hans Fredrik Hansen
Statoil
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31. Dynamic Modeling in Oil (Neilson 3 Room)

Mine K. Yucel, Presiding
Vice President & Sr. Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

The Optimal Drawdown Policies for China’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve Based on a Dynamic Programming Model
Gang WU
Institute of Policy and Management, CAS
Yi-Ming WEI
Beijing Institute of Technology
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Resource Use Under Endogenous Time Preference
Akira Maeda
Makiko Nagaya
Kyoto University
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Garch vs Stochastic Volatility: Dynamics of Crude Oil Price
Youah Lee
Eunnyeong Heo
Seoul National University
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Modeling & Forecasting U.S. Electricity Consumption
Mark D Hutson
Fred Joutz
George Washington University
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Choosing to Pay More for Electricity - An Experiment to Test the Level of Residential Consumer Cooperation in Increasing Electricity Price
Pierre-Olivier Pineau
HEC Montreal
Jim Engle-Warnick
Juan Robledo
McGill University & CIRANO
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