Frontline Utility Justice Research Methods: Benefits of a Nonprofit Utility Model to Serve California
Thursday, February 20th, 2025 at 2:00pm **Note the special 2pm start time** Shaina Nanavati, Researcher and Organizer In the aftermath of PG&E’s bankruptcy filing in 2019, The Golden State Energy Act was passed through the California state legislature and signed by Governor Newsom into law. The legislation created Golden State Energy, a non-profit public benefit […]
The Grand Challenge of Integrating Non-Legal, Radical Theories into EU Law and Its Member States: the Cases of Energy Justice, Energy Sufficiency and Degrowth
Thursday, February 13th, 2025 at 2:00pm **Note the special 2pm start time** Romain Mauger, Head of Legal Research Unit, Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE), Spain Six of the nine identified planetary boundaries have already been crossed and a seventh (ocean acidification) is close to it. To face this multi-faceted threat, humankind must […]
Environmental Justice Agenda for the Electronics Revolution
Thursday, February 6th, 2025 Oladele (Dele) Ogunseitan, Distinguished Professor, UC Irvine The benefits of consumer electronic products have transformed every societal sector worldwide. Investments in research and development in the electronic industry is now fueling solutions to climate change through transformation of energy systems to renewable sources which will require deployment of storage batteries for […]
California’s Increasing Energy Bills – Causes, Cures and Climate Consequences
Thursday, January 30th, 2025 California’s Increasing Energy Bills – Causes, Cures and Climate Consequences Loretta Lynch, Former President, California Public Utilities Commission What are the causes of California’s high private utility bills? Exploring the elephant in the room – CAISO’s transmission & procurement costs spiral out of control – while it promotes its pathway to […]
Empowering Energy Equity: Advancing Social Justice and Diversity in Tribal Energy Development
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 Linnea Jackson, General Manager, Hoopa Valley Tribe Public Utilities District Linnea Jackson shares the inspiring journey of our tribal microgrid and energy development initiatives. This presentation will explore how the Hoopa Valley Tribe plans to harness innovative energy solutions to create a resilient, sustainable, and culturally grounded energy system. From addressing challenges […]
Energy Injustice and How We Got Here
Thursday, January 16th, 2025 Natalie Espinoza, Program Manager, The Energy Coalition Mayra Sánchez Barba, Research Program and Policy Manager, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute Watch Video Natalie Espinoza leads community outreach and engagement initiatives for The Energy Coalition (TEC) and facilitates their Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. With over a decade of experience in energy-efficiency program […]
The Global Energy Transition’s Impact on the Global South
Thursday, January 9th, 2025 Benjamin K. Sovacool, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University Maurice Carney, Executive Director, Friends of the Congo Watch Video Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University in the United States, where he is the Founding Director of the Institute for Global Sustainability. He is […]
Power in the Road as a Financing Mechanism for CO2 Drawdown via Mineralization
Friday, November 22th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Peter Bell, Strategic Business Planner, SMUD Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video The transition to electric transportation presents a dual opportunity: reducing transportation costs and utilizing the increased electricity revenues to finance large-scale CO2 removal via mineralization. Air-to-liquid mineralization has the […]
Energy Graduate Group Alumni Panel
Friday, December 6th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Energy Graduate Group Alumni Panel Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Join via Zoom (passcode: ucdenergy)
Explorations of net-zero emissions energy: aviation, trade risks, and inequalities of air pollution
Friday, November 8th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Steve Davis, Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University Doerr School of Sustainability Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video There is broad consensus that electrification of end uses and renewable electricity can drastically and cost-effectively reduce GHG emissions from the […]
