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News / EPIC News•Feb 08, 2021

Research Shows People Are Driving EVs Less Than Projected

New data indicates electric vehicles may not be an easy substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet as EVs are currently being used half as much as conventional cars.
News / EPIC News•Jan 14, 2021

New Analysis Details Steps to Update the U.S. Government’s Social Cost of Carbon

The study recommends an immediate return to the Obama Administration’s approach paired with a more appropriate discount rate that together would produce a social cost of $125 per ton of...
News / EPIC News•Dec 14, 2020

Unpaid Electric Bills Undermine Efforts to Improve Access and Reliability

Electric utilities in many developing countries often don’t get fully paid by consumers for the power they supply. A new study suggests that this has led to widespread outages and...
News / EPIC News•Oct 15, 2020

Working From Home? You May be Paying for it…in Your Electric Bill

A new study finds that from April to July American households spent an extra $6 billion to power their homes after a 10 percent rise in residential electricity use during...
News / EPIC News•May 18, 2020

A Smart Business Decision: Drilling Even When it’s Unprofitable?

In recent years, shale oil and gas industry observers have noticed a trend: Companies are drilling unprofitable wells simply to keep up contracts with landowners. A new analysis looks at...
News / EPIC News•Apr 03, 2020

COVID-19 Impacts on Oil Markets

News / EPIC News•Feb 21, 2020

Haryana Government Collaborates for Policy Reforms in the Energy Distribution Sector

The Department of Energy, Government of Haryana has partnered with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL SA) and EPIC India at University of Chicago Trust to improve the...
News / EPIC News•Feb 20, 2020

Energy Choices Can Be Contagious – But Why? New Insights Into Peer Influence

Study bridges the fields of energy and psychology to better understand the impact of word of mouth and other forms of peer influence.

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