Areas of Expertise:

Clean Energy, Demand Side Management, Energy Economics, Energy Efficiency, Power Sector, R&D, Regulation, Renewables, Smart Grid

Additional Areas of Expertise:

Demand Side Management; energy systems analysis

Recent Posts by Brent Nelson

• How Demand-Side Management Can Reshape Our Energy Use

Recent Comments by Brent Nelson

• "It’s difficult to make common threads between the two. California has a mixture of market and regulatory structures that results in the worst of both"
  Texas’ Freeze, Energy Foresight, and Preparedness
• "It's difficult to make common threads between the two. California has a mixture of market and regulatory structures that results in the worst of bot"
  Texas’ Freeze, Energy Foresight, and Preparedness
• "Full disclosure: I worked at DOE during Dr. Moniz' tenure as Energy Secretary. I especially appreciate the principle of focusing on 'all GHG emitting"
  A Framework for The Green Real Deal
• "Another big issue (for the building sector) is the difficulty to value energy efficiency in property assessment. As a result, efficiency upgrades beco"
  But First, Energy Efficiency
• "To echo the comments of others, this seems to be a cludgy approach carbon management. Putting an actual price on carbon would help create economic inc"
  USE IT Act: Reducing Emissions Through Carbon Use Innovation, Not Regulation
• "While this may not have been Farangmeher's original point, recapture of waste heat could result in significant carbon emission reductions if that wast"
  USE IT Act: Reducing Emissions Through Carbon Use Innovation, Not Regulation
• "It has always been unclear to me what problem is solved by blockchain. For example, it allows distributed transaction between energy entities (consume"
  How Blockchain is Changing Energy
• "Another good question - I guess I don't see mitigation (i.e. prevention) in a different category than restoration. Both are approaches to preventing l"
  Coal, Nuclear, and National Security
• "That's a great question, and part of my issue with the general conversation around resilience. Resilience against an extended duration (even if unlike"
  Coal, Nuclear, and National Security
• "In response to your questions: 1. The implications would be almost universally bad...worse emissions, higher costs to consumers, delayed innovation"
  Coal, Nuclear, and National Security