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EPIC Director Michael Greenstone comments on the Weatherization Assistance Program of President Biden's infrastructure proposal. The U.S. Energy & Climate Roadmap suggests ways to improve energy efficiency programs.

A new research project from UChicago's Robert Suits and Elizabeth Moyer visualizes the history of the American energy system from 1800 to 2019.

“A great appeal of the Biden proposal is that it is much closer to targeting carbon directly, which is the ultimate enemy, and plays fewer favorites with particular technologies,” said...

In this podcast, Cicala details how electricity demand can serve as a valuable—if incomplete—tool to assess the health of the economy and the outlook for recovering from a recession.

A new paper co-authored by EPIC's Kim Wolske on the social influence behind personal energy behaviors is featured in Grist.

Research from EPIC's Koichiro Ito which found price-based incentives to be the most effective and consistent way to tweak customers' energy use, is cited in Utility Drive.

A growing body of research suggests the simplest way for utilities to get customers to consume energy is via price signals, writes Utility Dive, including research by EPIC's Koichiro Ito.

A recent University of Chicago survey that found racial and income gaps in awareness about smart meters is cited by Midwest Energy News.