Research

Publications and Reports

Warner, C., Callaway, D., & Fowlie, M. (2024). Risk-Cost Tradeoffs in Power Sector Wildfire Prevention. Energy Institute at Haas Working Paper 347. [https://haas.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/WP347.pdf] 

Bolinger, M., Seel, J., Kemp, JM., Warner, C., Robson, D., & Katta, A. (2023). Utility-Scale Solar, 2023 Edition: Empirical Trends in Deployment, Technology, Cost, Performance, PPA Pricing, and Value in the United States. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. [https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/utility-scale-solar-2023-edition

Bolinger, M., Gorman, W., Rand, J., Jeong, S., Wiser, RH,. Seel, J., & Warner, C. (2022). Hybrid power plants: Status of operating and proposed plants, 2022 edition. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. [https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/hybrid-power-plants-status-operating] 

Seel, J., Warner, C., & Mills, A. D. (2022). Influence of business models on PV-battery dispatch decisions and market value: A pilot study of operating plants. Advances in Applied Energy 5 100076. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2021.100076]

Bolinger, M., Seel, J., Warner, C., & Robson, D. (2021). Utility-Scale Solar, 2021 Edition. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. [https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/berkeley_lab_2021-_influence_of_business_models_on_pv-battery_dispatch_decisions_and_market_value.pdf]

Mills, A. D., Seel, J., Millstein, D., Kim, J. H., Warner, C., & Gorman, W. (2021). Solar-to-Grid: Trends in System Impacts, Reliability, and Market Value in the United States with Data Through 2019. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. [https://emp.lbl.gov/renewable-grid-insights]

Warner, C. Lights off in San Diego County: The Effect of Public Safety Power Shutoffs on Electric Vehicle Demand. (2020). Master's thesis submitted in requirement of UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group.

Seel, J., Mills, A. D., Warner, C., Paulos, B., & Wiser. (2020). Impacts of High Variable Renewable Energy Futures on Electric Sector Decision-Making: Demand-Side Effects. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. [https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/berkeley_lab_high_vre_impacts-_demand-side_effects_report_2020.05.20.pdf]

Bolinger, M., Seel, J., Robson, D., & Warner, C. (2020). Utility-Scale Solar Data Update: 2020 Edition. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. [https://emp.lbl.gov/utility-scale-solar]

Wiser, R., Bolinger, M., Gorman, W., Rand, J., Jeong, S., Seel, J., Warner, C., Paulos, B. (2020). Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Installed and Proposed Projects. Lawrence Berkeley Lab. [https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/hybrid_plant_development_2020.pdf]

Faruqui, A., Hledik, R., & Warner, C. (2018). Status of Residential Time-of-Use Rates in the U.S. Public Utilities Fortnightly, 64–67.

Faruqui, A., Sergici, S., & Warner, C. (2017). Arcturus 2.0: A meta-analysis of time-varying rates for electricity. Electricity Journal, 30(10), 64–72. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2017.11.003]

Conference and Workshop Presentations

Annual Conference. Energy Institute at Haas POWER Conference. Berkeley, California. March 2024.

Electricity Markets Workshop. Energy Institute at Haas. Berkeley, California. January 2024

Summer Workshop. Energy Institute at Haas Energy Camp. Berkeley, California. June 2023

Workshop. Mitigating and Managing Extreme Wildfire Risk in CA: UCSB Earth Research Institute. Santa Barbara, California. May 2023.

Summer Workshop. Energy Institute at Haas Energy Camp. Berkeley, California. June 2022. 

Annual Conference. 49th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 2022.

Annual Summer Conference. Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE). Miami, Florida. June 2022.

Energy Policy Conference. Energy Policy Institute at Boise State University. Virtual. October 2021.

Annual Summer Conference. Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE). Virtual. June 2021.

37th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference. U.S. Association of Energy Economists (USAEE). Denver, Colorado. November 2019. 

Annual Meeting. National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA). San Antonio, Texas. November 2019.