Top 10 Most Read Blog Posts of All Time
This has been a record-breaking year for the Energy Institute at Haas Blog as readership has continued to grow. We’re proud that so many of you have come back week after week.
We publish fresh, timely content to start each week, but in many cases the content stays relevant for years. This year a New York Times column by Eduardo Porter referenced a 2013 post by Catherine and pushed it to #1 in our rankings.
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And now, here’s the countdown of all-time top 10 Energy Institute blog posts.
#10 “Real” Electricity Still Comes from the Grid
Home solar users in Kenya have not leapfrogged the grid.
by Catherine Wolfram
January 19, 2016
#9 It Just Doesn’t Add Up
Why not building Keystone XL will likely leave a billion barrels worth of bitumen in the ground.
by Maximilian Auffhammer
March 24, 2014
#8 The Economics of EV Charging Stations
We need more charging stations and electricity that is not free.
by Maximilian Auffhammer
March 16, 2015
#7 The Politics of Renewable Energy
Where facts are arguments and arguments are facts.
by James Bushnell
January 26, 2014
#6 The Duck has Landed
Renewables integration strengthens the case for regional coordination.
by Meredith Fowlie
May 2, 2016
#5 Rationalizing California’s Residential Electricity Rates
It’s time to ditch bad pricing policy from the California electricity crisis.
by Severin Borenstein
September 29, 2014
#4 Air Conditioning and Global Energy Demand
Rising global incomes will drive increased adoption of air conditioning and electricity consumption.
by Lucas Davis
April 27, 2015
#3 What’s So Great about Fixed Charges?
All fixed costs don’t justify fixed charges.
By Severin Borenstein
November 3, 2014
#2 Is the Future of Electricity Generation Really Distributed?
Incentives that are tied to real benefits will let us find out.
By Severin Borenstein
May 4, 2015
#1 What’s the Point of an Electricity Storage Mandate?
Why look to electricity storage before giving incentives for load shifting?
By Catherine Wolfram
July 29, 2013
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Andrew Campbell is the Executive Director of the Energy Institute at Haas at the University of California, Berkeley. At the Energy Institute, Campbell serves as a bridge between the research community, and business and policy leaders on energy economics and policy.
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