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As public sector budget pressures grow and government’s ability to formulate and evaluate public policy becomes increasingly constrained, there is an increased recognition of the contribution university-based applied research can make to public policy formation and evaluation. This is particularly true for energy policy, where the government’s policymaking capacity is enhanced by the presence of a center devoted to consideration of the interrelation of energy, economic and environmental policy. To respond to this opportunity, the Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy (CEEEP) was established in 2003 and ended in 2020 and has now become a part of the Center for Urban Policy Research.

The work of this group provided policymakers with actionable insights into the ramifications of policies using an interdisciplinary approach. One major strand of our work, in conjunction with its research partners, was integrating sophisticated and complex climate, weather, air chemistry, power systems, and macroeconomic models to understand the implications of major energy initiatives. Another research strand was developing specialized and detail cost-benefit data sets and models to analyze specific energy policies for their economic, environmental, energy security, and equity outcomes. Our work was tethered to the specific policy context that policymakers were working within in order to capture the key characteristics that affect the outcome of its analyses and to enable policymakers to become comfortable with the results.

Research Categories

• Infrastructure Assessment
• Electric Power Systems
• Cyber-physical Systems