3 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
Have Data Centers Raised Your Electric Bill? Causal Evidence from the United States
Asa Watten, John Bistline, Geoffrey Blanford
We estimate that data centers caused average retail electricity rates to fall modestly in the United States from 2015 to 2024 using an instrumental variables approach. Despite prev…
physics.soc-ph2025
System Effects of Carbon-Free Electricity Procurement: Regional Technology and Emissions Impacts of Voluntary Markets
John Bistline, Geoffrey Blanford, Adam Diamant +4
Voluntary carbon-free electricity (CFE) procurement has the potential to accelerate electric sector decarbonization, but procurement strategies vary widely, leading to uncertainty…
physics.soc-ph2025
Impacts of EPA's Finalized Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Standards
John Bistline, Aaron Bergman, Geoffrey Blanford +23
The Inflation Reduction Act subsidizes the deployment of clean electricity, hydrogen production, and carbon capture and storage, which could enable additional actions by other fede…