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“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.

The Financial Times profiles recent research by EPIC's Koichiro Ito on attribute-based regulations for fuel economy in its weekly e-newsletter.

A new survey by NORC at the University of Chicago found racial and income gaps in knowledge about Illinois smart meter programs.