Carlos Batlle

MIT Energy Initiative & Florence School of Regulation
Permanently revolving around regulatory practice to re-evolution energy systems

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

Priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration:

1. Control the pandemic
2. Build back (better) the economy
3. Confront climate change
4. Dismantle systemic racism

I could not think of a better set of priorities. I can't wait to get to work!

[Frans Timmermans @F__Timmermans]

Let me be very clear: this is going to be bloody hard to do. But it can be done. The sooner we start, the lower the cost.

And just imagine the costs of inaction, of horrible storms like in Limone, or another monthly Gota Fría. Those costs are huge

#ClimateLaw #ClimateNeutralEU

[Jean-Michel Glachant @JMGlachant]

From ⁦@TomValletti⁩
(Former chief-economist DG Comp)

‘’How industry funds pseudo-research, with pseudo articles from pseudo centers...

To kill real independent academic findings and proposals
In the agenda of real policy makers’’
https://t.co/1VuZDHqbi6

[MIT Technology & Policy Program @TPPMIT]

TPP alum @rudnick_ivan’s research, which earned him TPP’s Best Thesis Award for 2020, offers insights into designing #energy #policy that could help #India achieve its #decarbonization goals. https://t.co/9TAyYVGDkR

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

I am deeply proud of the MIT community.

Leo Rafael Reif, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "The Administration retreated on student visas, but the battle isn’t over"

https://t.co/fV2lCDSg03

[Mara Rădulescu @radulescu_mara]

Our @FSR_Energy Summer School on the Regulation of Energy Utilities (Ljubljana Edition) will be hosted by the
@LESTLab at the University of Ljubljana.

[John E Parsons @WildeEcon]

Wow.
Now other universities and professional associations need to engage.

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

@KnittelMIT Chris, I think this awesome illustration below reflects well part of what is going on (taken from @phant0msp1k3)
No idea how, but if we the academics want to be minimally helpful for society, there is an urgent need to find solutions for the "publications bubble"

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

Thousands of congrats to @rudnick_ivan for being awarded with the Best Thesis in the MIT Technology and Policy Program @TppMit
It has been a great honor to have the fortune to supervise such an amazing work with my colleagues Audun Botterud and Pablo Dueñas

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

Interesting dispute. (Un)fortunately, more than often WHO rules makes the difference.
https://t.co/Fbbi73H0It

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

The aftermath of COVID-19 is a stress test for energy poverty regulation.
In our @FSR_Energy Policy Brief we review the regulatory solutions implemented in the five continents and put forward some recommendations for better targeting
https://t.co/J7bv0kXcJC

[Florence School of Regulation @EUI_FSR]

Register by 15 July to our #SummerSchool on the Regulation of #EnergyUtilities - #Ljubljana Edition & get a 10% discount!
In this 1-week training in beautiful Ljubljana, you will learn the fundamental regulatory principles of the electricity & gas sectors https://t.co/AvvsyNsDI5

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

@JesseJenkins @MLiebreich @lostgen @TheEconomist Better late than never... It is clearly the best way to keep on benefiting from your work once you left us 😭

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

@lostgen @JesseJenkins @MLiebreich @TheEconomist If it would imply an increase of just 2€/MWh, it would not matter. But when asking different nuclear plant operators, they do not tell me these costs are irrelevant at all. Is there any reliable source evaluating them?

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

@JesseJenkins @MLiebreich @lostgen @TheEconomist Jesse, what about the costs of ramping nukes up and down? Not just upfront investments needed to make it possible, but also fuel waste, wear & tear, etc. Are they in your “quite low”? Do you talk about the whole nuclear fleet, of all ages, or just the new ones supposedly coming?

[Annika Zorn @ZornAnnika]

Useful data for putting Corona in context in EU https://t.co/BFawhdhNYU

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

"the most important distinction is separating the elderly from the young (Y) and middle (M) aged. According to our parameters, targeting Y and M separately has marginal gains only. Semi-targeting is almost as good as full targeting"
But the policy is the contrary, confining Y 😟

[Ivan Werning @IvanWerning]

Just finished this research with Daron Acemoglu, Victor Chernozhukov & Mike Whinston (I know, lucky for such an awesome eclectic team!)

I'm exhausted from many late-night meetings, after kids in bed, so happy to see it out.
https://t.co/jExDkoKSzl

Let me explain it a bit. 1/n

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

Interesting brief reading for the weekend

https://t.co/hgLZFJ3aUo

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

@benserrurier Nice to see 👍.
However, I wonder how undefeated basis risk would remain if these prices would ever happen to take place during a sufficiently sustained period of time to actually end up affecting end-user rates significantly...

[Carlos Batlle @CarlosBatIIe]

Taking COVID as an excuse? 🙄

Mexico indefinitely suspended critical tests for new clean-energy projects as the nation grapples with the spread of the coronavirus https://t.co/ueNl4Mnw4M via @markets