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CURRICULUM VITAE
MARK JACCARD
January, 2017
Energy and Materials Research Group [email protected]
School of Resource and Environmental Management www.emrg.sfu.ca
Simon Fraser University, Cell: 778 789 0852
Blog: MarkJaccard.com Office: 778 782-4219
Twitter: @MarkJaccard
Date of birth: April 12, 1955 Citizenship: Canadian
Languages: English, French, German (spoken)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.: University of Grenoble, Department of Economics / Institute of
Energy Economics and Policy, 1987.
Masters of Natural Resources Management: Simon Fraser University, 1984.
Bachelor of Arts: Simon Fraser University, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1993-1996 and 2008-2011:
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Lead Author Second Assessment Report (93-96), Lead Author, Special Report on Renewable
Energy (08-11)
1994-2001 and 2008-2009:
CHINA COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT
International Co-Chair of Task Force on Sustainable Coal (08-09).
2009-2010
BRITISH COLUMBIA CLEAN ENERGY ACT
Advisor to the premier on the drafting of the Clean Energy Act
2007-2008:
BRITISH COLUMBIA CLIMATE ACTION TEAM
Special Advisor on Climate Policy
2007-2008:
COUNCIL OF CANADIAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Special Advisor on Climate Policy
2007 to 2012:
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GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT, UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Convening Lead Author for Sustainable Energy Policy
2006-2009:
CANADA’S NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY
2006 to present:
CD HOWE INTITUTE
Research Fellow
2003 to present:
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Full Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management.
1992-2003:
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Associate Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management. (On leave from teaching
and administration from 1992-1997 while chairing the BC Utilities Commission.)
1992 to present:
CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL ENERGY END-USE DATA AND ANALYSIS CENTRE
Director. Centre for industrial energy use research and data collection.
1997:
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT
Advisor to the Minister. Chaired a government Task Force on Electricity Market Reform.
1996:
GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Inquiry Commissioner, Chair of public inquiry into gasoline pricing in British Columbia.
1992-1997:
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Directed a quasi-judicial regulatory body charged with
regulating the rates and investments of all energy utilities in B.C.
1988-1992:
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management.
1986-1988:
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Visiting Assistant Professor, Natural Resources Management Program.
1980-1981:
CANADIAN SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS INC. (CANCOM) Vancouver, B.C.
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Socio-economic researcher with a consortium of broadcasting companies which applied for and
received the CRTC licence to provide satellite television to non-metropolitan Canadians.
1979-1980:
GEMINI NORTH LTD. Vancouver, B.C.
Writer, researcher, and assistant to the president in a socio-economic impact and communications
research consulting company (which closed with election of president, Pat Carney as MP).
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
International Association for Energy Economics
HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND KEY APPOINTMENTS
• Expert panelist with Council of Canadian Academies, 2015
• University Professor, 5-year distinguished chair at Simon Fraser University, 2014-
• Editorial Board, Energy Policy, 2013-
• Short-listed, Canadian Magazine Essay of the Year, “The Accidental Activist.” The Walrus.
• Simon Fraser University First Recipient of Annual Sustainability Award for Faculty (2014)
• Canada Clean 16 Award (2012)
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Grant for Visiting Scholars of the European Union (2011)
• Theme Leader, Low Carbon Economy Committee, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
(2010 -2012)
• Sterling Prize for Controversy (2010)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2009 -)
• Lead author, Special Report on Renewables, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
(2008-2011)
• International Co-Chair of the Task Force on Sustainable Uses of Coal, China Council for
International Cooperation on Environment and Development (2008-2009)
• BC Academic of the Year, Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC, 2008
• Special Advisor to the BC Climate Action Team, reporting to the Premier (2007-2008)
• Convening Lead Author for Sustainable Energy Policy, Global Energy Assessment, a project
of the United Nations and other major international organizations, based at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna (2007-2011)
• Recognized as contributing to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, 2007
• CD Howe Institute, Benefactors Lecturer, 2007
• Canadian Council of Chief Executive Officers, Special advisor on environmental policy, 2007
• Simon Fraser University Outstanding Alumni Award, 2007
• Simon Fraser University President’s Award for Media and Public Outreach by a Faculty
Member, 2006
• Panel Member, Canada’s National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, (2006 -
2009)
• Research Fellow of the CD Howe Institute, 2005 -
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• Donner Prize for top policy book in Canada in 2005 – Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual
Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 2006-2009
• Outstanding Research Contribution Award of the National Policy Research Institute for top
policy-related book in Canada in 2001-2002 – The Cost of Climate Policy, co-authored with
John Nyboer and Bryn Sadownik (also shortlisted for the Donner prize for top policy book in
Canada and the Purvis prize for top writing in economics in Canada)
• Editorial Board, Energy Studies Review, 2001-2006
• B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Advisor to the Minister, 2001 - 2003
• Canadian Information System for the Environment, Advisory Panel to the Minister of
Environment, 2000 – 2001
• Editorial Board, The Energy Journal, 1997 -
• China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, Task Force
on Energy Strategies and Technologies, 1996 -
• Outstanding Alumni Award, Burnaby South High School, 1999
• British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Forum, 1997 - 1998
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1993-1996
• Environment Committee of the New Westminster City Council, 1992-1996
• Blue Ribbon Panel of the Royal Society of Canada, "Canadian Options for Greenhouse Gas
Emission Reduction", 1992
• Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1983-1986
• Graduate Research, Engineering and Technology (GREAT) Award, Science Council of British
Columbia, 1982-1983
• Simon Fraser University Open Scholarship, 1982
• Simon Fraser University Tuition Scholarship (annual recipient), 1974-1978
• "Reach for the Top" Team, Burnaby South High School, 1973
• Outstanding Citizen of Graduating High School Class Award, 1973
• Student Council President, Burnaby South High School, 1973
WORKING AND SUBMITTED PAPERS, CHAPTERS AND BOOKS
Murphy, R., Gross, D. and M. Jaccard, “An econometric analysis of afforestation offsets for carbon
sequestration,” (Working paper).
Jaccard, M., Hoffele, J. and T. Jaccard, “Can carbon budgets and individual oil pipeline approvals be
linked?” (under review Climatic Change)
Fox, J., Axsen, J. and M. Jaccard, “Picking winners: assessing the cost of technology-specific
climate policy for US passenger vehicles.” (under review, Ecological Economics).
Rhodes, K., Axsen, J. and M. Jaccard, “Explaining citizen support for different types of climate
policy,” (accepted in Ecological Economics)
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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Healey, S. and M. Jaccard, 2016, “Abundant low cost natural gas and deep GHG emissions
reductions for the United States,” Energy Policy, V.98, 241-253.
Healey, S. and M. Jaccard, 2016, “Implications of a US electricity standard for final energy
demand,” Energy Economics, V.60, 469-475.
Expert Panel on Energy Use and Climate Change (8 panelists including M. Jaccard), 2015,
Technology and Policy Options for a Low-Emission Energy System in Canada, Council of
Canadian Academies, 192 pages.
Rhodes, K., Axsen, J. and M. Jaccard, 2015, “Gauging citizen support for a low carbon fuel
standard.” Energy Policy, V.79, 104-114.
Bataille, C., Melton, N. and M. Jaccard, 2015, “Policy uncertainty and diffusion of carbon capture
and storage in an optimal region,” Climate Policy, V.15, N.5, 565-582.
Rhodes, K., Axsen, J. and M. Jaccard, 2014, “Does climate policy require well-informed citizen
support?” Global Environmental Change, V.29, 92-104.
Palen, W. et al., 2014, “Consider the global impacts of oil pipelines,” Nature, V.510, 465-467.
Liu, Z., Mao, X., Tu, J. and M. Jaccard, 2014, “A comparative assessment of economic-incentive
and command-and-control instruments for air pollution and CO2 control in China’s iron and
steel sector,” Journal of Environmental Management, V.144, 135-142.
Jaccard, M. and S. Goldberg, 2013, “Technology assumptions and climate policy: The interrelated
effects of US electricity-transport policy in EMF 24 using CIMS-US.” The Energy Journal,
V35, N. S11.
Rhodes, K. and M. Jaccard, 2013, “A tale of two climate policies: Political-economy of British
Columbia’s carbon tax and clean electricity standard.” Canadian Public Policy, V.39, Special
Issue 2, S37-S51.
Jaccard, M., 2012, “The political acceptability of carbon taxes: lessons from British Columbia,” In J.
Milne and M. Andersen, Handbook of Research on Environmental Taxation Elsevier, 175-
191.
Johansson, T. (et al., including M. Jaccard), 2012, “Global Energy Assessment – Summary for
Policy Makers,” In Johansson, T., Patwardhan, A., Nakicenovic, N. and L. Gomez-Echeverri
(eds.) The Global Energy Assessment: Towards a Sustainable Future, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Johansson, T. (et al., including M. Jaccard), 2012, “Global Energy Assessment – Technical
Summary,” In Johansson, T., Patwardhan, A., Nakicenovic, N. and L. Gomez-Echeverri (eds.)
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The Global Energy Assessment: Towards a Sustainable Future, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Jaccard, M. (convening lead author) et al., 2012, “Energy Policies: Objectives and Instruments,” In
Johansson, T., Patwardhan, A., Nakicenovic, N. and L. Gomez-Echeverri (eds.) The Global
Energy Assessment: Towards a Sustainable Future, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1549-1602.
Beugin, D. and M. Jaccard, 2012, “Statistical simulation to estimate uncertain behavioral parameters
of hybrid energy-economy models,” Environmental Modeling and Assessment, V.17 (1-2),
77-90.
Murphy, R. and M. Jaccard, 2011, “Energy efficiency and the cost of GHG abatement: A
comparison of bottom-up and hybrid models for the US,” Energy Policy, V.39 (11), 7146-
7155.
Mitchell, C. (et al., including M. Jaccard), 2011, “Policy, Financing and Implementation,” In
Edenhofer et al., IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change
Mitigation Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1263 – 1396.
Murphy, R. and M. Jaccard, 2011, “Modeling efficiency standards and a carbon tax: Simulations for
the US using a hybrid approach,” The Energy Journal, Special Issue EMF 25, V32, 37-54.
Jaccard, M., Melton, N. and J. Nyboer, 2011, “Institutions and processes for scaling up renewables:
Run-of-river hydropower in British Columbia,” Energy Policy, V.39(7), 4042-4050.
Peters, J., Bataille, C., Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, 2010, “Taxing emissions, not income: How to
moderate the regional impact of federal climate policy in Canada,” CD Howe Institute,
No.314, 24 pages.
Jaccard, M. 2009, “A discussion of policy tools for increasing end-use electricity efficiency,” in
Reeve (ed.) Current Affairs – Perspectives on Ontario Electricity Policy, Toronto: University
of Toronto Press, 245-246.
Jaccard, M., and J. Sharp, 2009, “Carbon capture and storage in Canada,” in J. Meadowcroft and O.
Langhelle (eds.) Caching the Carbon: The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 75-97.
Jaccard, M., 2009, “Combining top-down and bottom-up in energy-economy models,” in J. Evans
and L. Hunt (eds.) International Handbook on the Economics of Energy, London: Edward
Elgar, 311-331.
Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, 2009, “Talking without Walking: Canada’s Ineffective Climate Effort,”
in B. Eberlein and B. Doern, (eds.) Governing the Energy Challenge: Canada and Germany in
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a Multi-level Regional and Global Context, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009, 285-
313.
Sharp, J., Jaccard, M. and D. Keith, 2009, “Anticipating public attitudes to underground CO2
storage,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, V3(5), 641-651.
Axsen, J., Mountain, D. and M. Jaccard, 2009, “Combining stated and revealed choice research to
simulate preference dynamics: the case of hybrid-electric vehicles.” Resource and Energy
Economics, V31(3), 221-238.
Jaccard, M., 2009, “Peak oil and market feedbacks: Chicken Little versus Dr. Pangloss,” in T.
Homer-Dixon (ed.) Carbon Shift, Toronto: Random House, 97-132.
Bataille, C., J-J Tu and M. Jaccard, 2008, “Permit sellers, permit buyers: China and Canada’s roles
in a global low-carbon society,” Climate Policy, V8, S93-S107.
Mau, P., Eyzaguirre, J., Jaccard, M., Collins-Dodd, C., and K. Tiedemann, 2008, “The neighbor
effect: simulating dynamics in consumer preferences for new vehicle technologies.”
Ecological Economics, V68, 504-516.
Murphy, R. and M. Jaccard, 2008, “Global carbon storage: the roles of government and industry in
risk management,” In G. Toner, (ed.) Innovation, Science and Environment: Canadian Policies
and Performance, 2008-2009, Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 151-167.
Jaccard, M., 2008, “Modeling energy use and technological change for policy makers: Campbell
Watkins’ contribution as a researcher-practitioner.” Special Issue in Memory of Campbell
Watkins, The Energy Journal, 31-41.
Jaccard, M. and N. Rivers, 2007, “Canadian policies for deep greenhouse gas reductions,” In
Leonard, J., Raglan, C. and F. St-Hilaire (eds.) A Canadian Priorities Agenda: Policy Choices
to Improve Economic and Social Well-Being, Montreal: Institute for Research on Public
Policy, 77-106.
Jaccard, M. 2007, Designing Canada’s Low-Carb Diet: Options for Effective Climate Policy, CD
Howe Institute Benefactors Lecture, 37 pages.
Murphy, R., Jaccard, M., Rivers, N. and C. Bataille, 2007, “The case for a carbon management
standard: implications for energy technological change and international relations,” In Khare,
A. and J. Nodelman (eds.), Energy Management and the Environment: Challenges and the
Future, Edingen-Neckarhausen, Germany: Fachbuch Verlag Winkler, 189-208.
Jaccard, M., 2007, “Fossil fuels and clean, plentiful energy in the 21st century: the example of coal,”
in Riess, A. (ed.) An Efficient, Sustainable and Secure Supply of Energy for Europe,
Luxembourg: European Investment Bank Annual Review, 80-105.
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Simpson, J., Jaccard, M. and N. Rivers, 2007, Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change
Challenge, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 265 pages.
Murphy, R., Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, 2007, “Hybrid modeling of industrial energy consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions with an application to Canada.” Energy Economics, V.29, 826-
846.
Nyboer, J., Jaccard, M., and E. Worrell, 2007, “Carbon Flows in Industry and Waste Management in
Canada, the US and Mexico,” In: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): North
American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. A report by the U.S.
Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (King,
A.W. L. Dilling. G.P. Zimmerman, D.M. Fairman, R.A. Houghton, G.H. Marland, A.Z. Rose,
and T.J. Wilbanks (eds.)) National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program
Office, Silver Spring, MD, USA, 8.1-8.29.
Jaccard, M. and N. Rivers, 2007, Estimating the Effect of the Canadian Government’s 2006-2007
Greenhouse Gas Policies, CD Howe Institute, 15 pages.
Tu, K., Nyboer, J. and M. Jaccard, 2007, “Application of a hybrid energy-economy policy
simulation model to China.” Energy for Sustainable Development, V. XI, 1, 35-47.
Jaccard, M. and N. Rivers, 2007, “Heterogeneous Capital Stocks and Optimal Timing for CO2
Abatement,” Resource and Energy Economics, V.29, 1-16.
Hourcade, J-C., Jaccard, M., Bataille, C. and F. Ghersi, 2006, “Hybrid Modeling: New Answers to
Old Challenges,” Introduction to the Special Issue on Hybrid Energy-Economy Models, The
Energy Journal, 1-12.
Bataille, C., Jaccard, M., Nyboer, J. and N. Rivers, 2006, “Towards General Equilibrium in a
Technology-Rich Model with Empirically Estimated Behavioral Parameters.” The Energy
Journal, Special Issue, 93-112.
Jaccard, M., Rivers, N., Bataille, C., Murphy, R., Nyboer, J., and B. Sadownik, 2006, Burning Our
Money to Warm the Planet: Canada’s Ineffective Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
Emissions, Toronto: CD Howe Institute, 36 pages.
Jaccard, M., 2006, “The Case for Coal,” in World Energy Book, Americas Edition, (Petroleum
Economist) Issue 2, Spring, 1-2.
Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, 2006, “Choice of Environmental Policy in the Presence of Learning by
Doing,” Energy Economics, V.28, 223-242.
Washbrook, K., Haider, W. and M. Jaccard, 2006, “Estimating Commuter Mode Choice: a Discrete
Choice Analysis of the Impact of Road Pricing and Parking Charges,” Transportation, V.33, 6,
621-639.
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Rivers N. and M. Jaccard, 2006, “Useful Models for Simulating Policies to Induce Technological
Change,” Energy Policy, V.34, 2038-2047.
Jaccard, M. 2006, “Mobilizing Producers toward Environmental Sustainability: The Prospects for
Market-Oriented Regulations,” in G. Toner (ed.), Sustainable Production: Building Canadian
Capacity, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 154-177.
Jaccard, M. and M. Dennis, 2005, “Estimating Home Energy Decision Parameters for a Hybrid
Energy-Economy Policy Model,” Environmental Modeling and Assessment, V.11, 2, 1-10.
Jaccard, M., 2005, Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and
Enduring Energy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 340 pages.
Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, 2005, “Canada’s Efforts Towards Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction:
A Case Study on the Limits of Voluntary Action and Subsidies,” International Journal of
Global Energy Issues, V.23, 4, 307-323.
Jaccard, M., 2005, “Hybrid Energy-Economy Models and Endogenous Technological Change,” In
R. Loulou, J-P Waaub and G. Zaccour (eds.) Energy and Environment, New York: Springer,
81-110.
Horne, M., Jaccard, M. and K. Tiedemann, 2005, “Improving Behavioral Realism in Hybrid Energy-
Economy Models Using Discrete Choice Studies of Personal Transportation Decisions,”
Energy Economics, V27, 59-77.
Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, 2005, “Combining Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Energy-
economy Modeling Using Discrete Choice Methods,” The Energy Journal, V26, N.1, 83-106.
Jaccard, M., Murphy, R. and N. Rivers, 2004, “Energy-Environment Policy Modeling of
Endogenous Technological Change with Personal Vehicles: Combining Top-Down and
Bottom-Up Methods,” Ecological Economics, V51, 31-46.
Jaccard, M., Rivers, N. and M. Horne, 2004, The Morning After: Optimal GHG Policies for
Canada’s Kyoto Obligation and Beyond, Toronto: CD Howe Institute, 31 pages.
Jaccard, M. 2004, “Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Controversies in Cost Assessment,” In C. Cleveland
(ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, New York: Elsevier, V.3, 57-65.
Jaccard, M., 2004, “Renewable Portfolio Standard,” In C. Cleveland (ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy,
New York: Elsevier, V.5, 413-421.
Jaccard, M. and C. Bataille, 2004, “If Sustainability is Expensive, What Roles for Business and
Government? A Case Study of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy in Canada,” Journal of
Business Administration and Policy Analysis, V30-31, 149-183.
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Weidou, N., Johansson, T., Wang, J., Wu, Z., Mao, Y., Zhu, Q., Zhou, F., Li, Z., Anderson, B.,
Farinelli, U., Jaccard, M. and R. Williams, 2003, “Transforming coal for sustainability: a
strategy for China,” Energy for Sustainable Development, V.VII, N.4, 21-30.
Murphy, R. and M. Jaccard, 2003, “The Voluntary Approach to Greenhouse Gas Reduction: A Case
Study of BC Hydro,” Energy Studies Review, V11, N2, 131-151.
Rivers, N., Jaccard, M., Tiedemann, K. and J. Nyboer, 2003, “Confronting the Challenge of Hybrid
Modeling: Using Discrete Choice Models to Inform the Behavioural Parameters of a Hybrid
Model,” American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: ACEEE 2003, V1, 181-192.
Jaccard, M., Nyboer, J., Bataille, C. and B. Sadownik, 2003, “Modeling the Cost of Climate Policy:
Distinguishing Between Alternative Cost Definitions and Long-Run Cost Dynamics,” The
Energy Journal, V24, N1, 49-73.
Jaccard, M., Loulou, R., Kanudia, A., Nyboer, J., Bailie, A. and M. Labriet, 2003, “Methodological
Contrasts in Costing GHG Abatement Policies: Optimization and Simulation Modeling of
Micro-Economic Effects in Canada,” European Journal of Operations Research, V145, N1,
148-164.
Sadownik, B. and M. Jaccard, 2002, “Shaping Sustainable Energy Use in Chinese Cities,” DISP 151,
V.4, 15-22.
Jaccard, M., 2002, “Energy Planning and Management: Methodologies and Tools,” in Encyclopedia
of Life Support Systems, Oxford, UK: UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers.
Jaccard, M., Nyboer, J. and B. Sadownik, 2002, The Cost of Climate Policy, Vancouver: UBC Press,
242 pages.
Jaccard, M. and Y. Mao, 2002, “Making Markets Work Better,” in Johansson and Goldemberg (eds.)
Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda, New York: United Nations
Development Program, 41-77.
Nanduri, M., Nyboer, J. and M. Jaccard, 2002, “Aggregating Physical Intensity Indicators: Results
of Applying the Composite Indicator Approach to the Canadian Industrial Sector,” Energy
Policy, V30, 151-163.
Jaccard, M., 2002, California Shorts a Circuit: Should Canadians Trust the Wiring Diagram?
Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute, 28 pages.
Jaccard, M., 2001, “Caught in the Headlights of Electricity Market Reform,” Energy Studies
Review, V 10, N 1, 57-61.
Berry T. and M. Jaccard, 2001, “The Renewable Portfolio Standard,” in Jackson (ed.) Mitigating
Climate Change: Flexibility Mechanisms, London: Elsevier Science, 216 pages.
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Jaccard, M., 2001, “Costing GHG Abatement: Canada’s Technological and Behavioural Potential,”
ISUMA: the Canadian Journal of Policy Research, Winter, 45-52.
Jaccard, M. and Y. Mao, 2001, “A Framework for Social Costing and Institutional / Market Reform
in the Chinese Energy Sector,” Energy for Sustainable Development, Special Issue on China,
V.5, N.4, 102-112.
Jaccard, M., Chen, H. and J. Li, 2001, “Renewable Portfolio Standard: A Tool for Environmental
Policy in the Chinese Electricity Sector,” Energy for Sustainable Development, Special Issue
on China, V.5, N.4, 113-121.
Jaccard, M. 2001, “The California Electricity Reform Debacle,” Revue de l’Energie, N.528, 380-
389.
Nyboer, J., Jaccard, M. and A. Bailie, 2001, “Assessing the Costs of GHG Abatement Policies: A
Methodology and a Case Study,” American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy:
ACEEE 2001, V1, 609-620.
Jaccard, M. 2001, “Deconstructing Hydro: The BC Electricity Sector in this Decade,” B.C. Studies,
No129, Spring, 51-78.
Jaccard, M., Khan, M. and J. Richards, 2001, Natural Gas Options for Bangladesh, Centre for Policy
Research, International University of Business, Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, N.1, 65 pages.
Berry, T. and M. Jaccard, 2001, “The Renewable Portfolio Standard: Design Considerations and an
Implementation Survey,” Energy Policy V29, 263-277.
Sadownik, B. and M. Jaccard, 2001, “Sustainable Energy and Urban Form in China: the Relevance
of Community Energy Management,” Energy Policy V29, 55-65.
Jaccard, M. and C. Bataille, 2000, "Estimating Future Elasticities of Substitution for the Rebound
Debate," Energy Policy V28, 451-455.
Jaccard, M., Berry, T. and H. Liu, 1998, "Institutional and Market Strategies for Sustainable Energy
Policies," in Jaccard and Mao (eds.) Mechanisms of Resource Allocation for Sustainable
Development of the Energy Sector, China Council for International Cooperation on
Environment and Development / Unirule Institute for Economics, Beijing, 86-89.
Jaccard, M., 1998, "The Movement Toward Greater Competition in Energy Markets," in Jaccard and
Mao (eds.) Mechanisms of Resource Allocation for Sustainable Development of the Energy
Sector, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development /
Unirule Institute for Economics, Beijing, 51-54.
Jaccard, M., 1998, "Social Costing and Energy Planning," in Jaccard and Mao (eds.) Mechanisms of
Resource Allocation for Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector, China Council for
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International Cooperation on Environment and Development / Unirule Institute for
Economics, Beijing, 46-50.
Jaccard, M., 1998, "Principles and Methods of Social Costing," in Jaccard and Mao (eds.)
Mechanisms of Resource Allocation for Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector, China
Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development / Unirule Institute for
Economics, Beijing, 33-45.
Jaccard, M. and Y. Mao (eds.), 1998, Mechanisms of Resource Allocation for Sustainable
Development of the Energy Sector, China Council for International Cooperation on
Environment and Development / Unirule Institute for Economics, Beijing.
Jaccard, M., Failing, L. and T. Berry, 1997, “From Equipment to Infrastructure: Community Energy
Management and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction” Energy Policy, V.25, N.13, 1065-
1074.
Jaccard, M., 1997, “La Evolucion de los Principios de la Intervencion Gubernamental en los
Mercados de Electricidad”, in Jardon, J., (ed.) Los Procesos de Regulacion en Energia y
Medio Ambiente: Experiencias Nacionales e Internacionales, Editorial Porrua, Mexico.
Jaccard, M., Bailie, A. and J. Nyboer, 1996, “CO2 Emission Reduction Costs in the Residential
Sector: Behavioral Parameters in a Bottom-Up Simulation Model, The Energy Journal, V.17,
N.4, 107-134.
Jaccard,M., and D. Montgomery, 1996, "Costs of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United
States and Canada," Energy Policy, V.24, N.10/11, 889-898.
Hourcade,J., et al. (including M. Jaccard), 1996, “Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse
Gases”, in IPCC, Working Group III, Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions
of Climate Change, (Ch.8), Cambridge University Press, 263-296.
Hourcade,J., et al. (including M. Jaccard), 1996, “A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies”, in
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III, Climate Change 1995:
Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change, (Ch.9), Cambridge University Press,
297-366.
Jaccard, M., 1996, “Reforming the Electricity Industry: A British Columbia Perspective”, Policy
Options, V.17, N.3:21-25, 21-25.
Jaccard,M., 1996, "Finding the Right Climate for Competitive Electricity and Natural Gas Markets,"
Ecodecision, V.19, 48-51.
Jaccard,M., 1995, "Oscillating Currents: The Changing Rationale for Government Intervention in the
Electricity Industry," Energy Policy, V.23, N.7, 579-592.
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Jaccard,M., 1994, "Changing Canadian Electricity Markets and the Future Role of Government,"
Energy Studies Review, V.6, N.2, 103-126.
Jaccard,M., 1994, "Do Canadian Electricity Prices Reflect Costs?" (a communication) Canadian
Public Administration, V.37, N.1, 1-4.
Jaccard,M., 1994, "Les Compagnies Electriques aux Etats-Unis et au Canada: Tendances Observees
dans la Gestion et le Controle Reglementaire", in Les Variantes Institutionnelles pour les
Societes d'Energie: le Cas du Secteur Electrique, Institut De l'Energie des Pays ayant en
Commun l'Usage du Francais (IEPF), Quebec, 47-60.
Jaccard,M., 1993, "Abatement Cost and Energy Resource Planning: Revealing Social Preferences,"
Invited Papers of the OECD Expert Workshop on Life-Cycle Analysis of Energy Systems,
OECD, 276-282.
Robinson,J., Fraser,M., Haites,E., Harvey,D., Jaccard,M., Reinsch,A., and R.Torrie, 1993, Canadian
Options for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction, Final Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel of
the Royal Society of Canada.
Jaccard,M. and T.Makinen, 1994, "Turning to Supply-Side Management: Estimating Industrial
Cogeneration Potential," Energy: The International Journal, V.19, N.2, 237-249.
Jaccard,M., J.Nyboer and A.Fogwill, 1993, "How Big is the Electricity Conservation Potential in
Industry?" The Energy Journal, V.14, N.2, 139-156.
Jaccard,M., 1992, "Regulation of Energy Utilities in Canada: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Energy Studies Review, V.4, N.3, 297-304.
Margolick,M., J.Nyboer, T.Makinen, S.Gai, and M.Jaccard, 1992, "Energy Efficiency and Fuel
Substitution in Canadian Industry Under Greenhouse Gas Regulation," Proceedings of the
1992 World Energy Conference, Madrid, Spain.
Jaccard,M., J.Nyboer, and T.Makinen, 1991/1992, "Managing Instead of Building: B.C. Hydro's
Role in the 1990s," B.C. Studies, Winter/Spring.
Jaccard,M. and D.Sims, 1991, "Employment Effects of Electricity Conservation: The Case of British
Columbia," Energy Studies Review, V.3, N.1, 35-44.
Jaccard,M. and J.Roop, 1990, "The ISTUM-PC End-Use Engineering Model for Long Run Energy
Demand Forecasting: Application to the B.C. Pulp and Paper Sector," Energy Economics,
V.12, N.3, July 185-196.
Jaccard,M. 1989, "Application du Modele ISTUM-PC a l'Industrie du Papier-Carton en France,"
Revue de l'Energie, No.434, November, 567-579.
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Jaccard,M., T.Makinen, and J.Nyboer, 1989, "Electricity from Wood Waste: Integrating Energy and
Environmental Analysis in British Columbia," Energy Studies Review, Vol.1, No.2,
December, 12-20.
Jaccard,M., 1988, "Les Compagnies Electriques: Nouvelles Contraintes et Nouvelles Strategies,"
Energie Internationale, October, Vol 2, 155-168.
Jaccard,M. 1987, "An End-Use Energy Demand Forecast Model for the Industrial Sector: Case
Study of the French Pulp and Paper Industry," European Network Energy Economics Bulletin,
V.2-87, March, 43-56.
Jaccard,M. 1987, "Discussion a propos de l'article de LeRoux-Papee," Revue de l'Institut Francais du
Petrole, V.42, N.3, 409-411.
Chateau,B. and M.Jaccard, 1986, "Sources of Uncertainty and Long Run Energy Demand Forecast
Modelling." In Energy Models and Uncertainty, (ed.) H. Larson, Riso National Laboratory,
Denmark, 121-29.
PROFESSIONAL REPORTS AND NON-REFEREED ARTICLES
Jaccard, M., 2016 “Transcript of invited testimony before the Canadian Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources,” House of Parliament, Canada. Jaccard, M., 2016 “Report on Ontario’s climate policies to the Ontario Auditor General,” Office of
the Ontario Auditor General. Jaccard, M., 2016, “Penny wise and pound foolish on climate policy?” Policy Options (Oct.11). Jaccard, M., 2016, “Effective climate change regulation. Let’s transform Canadian cars.” Policy
Options (May31). Murphy, R., Boyd, K. and M. Jaccard, 2016, Evaluation of Actions and Policies to Reduce Urban
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Multiple Criteria: A Contribution Towards Energy Efficiency in British Columbia’s Built Environment, Produced by REM at SFU, CIRS at UBC and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. 97 pages.
Jaccard, M., 2016, “Want an effective climate policy? Heed the evidence.” Policy Options (Feb.2). Jaccard, M., Hein, M. and T. Vass, 2016, Is Win-Win Possible? Can Canada’s Government Achieve
Its Paris Commitment . . . and Get Re-Elected? Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University.
Huntington et al., (including M. Jaccard), 2016 “Report from demand analysis expert panel,”
California Energy Commission. Smith, M. et al., (including M. Jaccard), 2016 “Letter to Canadian cabinet ministers calling for a
clean fuels standard,” November 18. Jaccard, M., 2015, “The Paris climate summit,” Policy Options (Nov.19).
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Jaccard, M., 2015, “The social cost of carbon and related concepts: Potential Yukon application”,
Report to Yukon Energy. Jaccard, M., 2015, Impact of National and Global GHG Targets on the Trans Mountain Expansion
Project, Evidence provided for the City of Vancouver for the National Energy Board. Jaccard, M., et al., 2015, “Open letter to Premier Christy Clark on the need for climate policy
progress in BC.” Huntington, H. et al. (including M. Jaccard), 2015, North American Natural Gas Markets in
Transition, Energy Modeling Forum Report 31, Stanford University. Jaccard, M., 2015, Canadian Climate Policy Report Card 2015, Resource and Environmental
Management, Simon Fraser University. Department of Justice Canada, 2015, “Final report on identifying and responding to issues facing the
Canadian justice system, a Delphi Process involving 33 leading Canadian experts.” Jaccard, M. 2015, “The social cost of carbon and related concepts: Potential Yukon application,”
Report for Yukon Energy Corporation. Jaccard, M., 2015, “Impact of national and global greenhouse gas targets on the Trans Mountain
Expansion Project,” Report for the City of Vancouver, 22 pages. Homer-Dixon, et al. (M. Jaccard one of 7 co-authors), 2015, “Scientists call for a moratorium on oil
sands expansion: 10 reasons,” Open letter to Canadians. Jaccard, M., 2014, “I wish this changed everything.” Review of Naomi Klein book “This Changes
Everything” for Literary Review of Canada. Jaccard, M., 2014, “Assessment of electricity forecasting methodology of Southern Company,”
Report to Southern Company management team, 8 pages, San Francisco. Jaccard, M., 2014, “Expert advisor inputs to the review of Canadian Climate Policy by the
Commissioner on Environment and Sustainability of the Auditor General of Canada,” 8 pages, Ottawa.
Jaccard, M., 2014, “Benefits and risks of shale gas in the Yukon,” Expert testimony before the
Yukon Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing, Yukon Hansard, Whitehorse.
Abraham, J. (and 100 other scientists and economists including M. Jaccard), 2014, “An open letter
on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from scientists and economists,” Letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry, Washington.
Jaccard, M., 2014, “An economist’s journey: review of The Climate Casino by William Nordhaus,”
Science, V.343, 24 January, p.371-372. Huntington, H., McMahon, J., Sanstad, A. and M. Jaccard, 2014, “Report of the Expert Panel on
Demand Forecasting,” California Energy Commission, 10 pages. Sacramento.
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Jaccard, M., 2014, “Affidavit,” Federal Court of Appeal, Case between Forest Ethics Advocacy and The Attorney General of Canada, the National Energy Board, and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 10 pages. Vancouver.
Jaccard, M. and J. Hoffele, 2014, “Impact on GHG emissions and climate targets of the Trans
Mountain Expansion Project, Report for the City of Vancouver, 23 pages. Vancouver. Hansen, J. and M. Jaccard, 2013, “Climate science and unconventional fuels – EU Fuel Quality
Directive and tar sands, Letter to J. Delbeke, Director-General, European Commission, Brussels.
Jaccard, M., Peters, J. and S. Goldberg, 2013, “Down the isoquant: what is the potential for energy
substitution in the United States economy?” Report for the Electric Power Research Institute, 110 pages. San Francisco.
Jaccard, M. (and 16 other scientists), 2013, “New unabated coal is not compatible with keeping
global warming below 2 C.” Statement by leading climate and energy scientists. Warsaw. Jaccard, M. 2013, “Affidavit of Mark Jaccard in the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal in Forest
Ethics Advocacy and Donna Sinclair versus the National Energy Board and the Attorney General of Canada,” 14 pages. Vancouver.
Jaccard, M. 2013, “Asking the Wrong Question About Keystone XL,” Written and Oral Testimony
before the US Congress Subcommittee on Energy and Power, US Congress, Washington. Jaccard (as one of 12 Canadian academic scientists) 2013, “Open Letter on Canadian Climate Policy
to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver,” Ottawa. Jaccard, M. 2013, “The accidental activist: How an energy economist and former government
advisor got arrested for blocking a coal train.” The Walrus, March. Bataille, C., Melton, N. and M. Jaccard, 2012, Climate Policy Uncertainty and Investment: A Case
Study of Carbon Capture and Storage Adoption in Alberta for Carbon Management Canada, 27 pages.
Jaccard, M, 2012, Evidence and Testimony before the BC Utilities Commission Inquiry into Fortis
BC Regarding the Offering of Products and Services in Alternative Energy Solutions and Other Initiatives, 47 pages.
Huntington, H., Jaccard, M., McMahon, J., Sanstad, A. and C. Linvill, 2012, Report by the
California Energy Commission Demand Analysis Expert Panel, 9 pages. Jaccard, M., Peters, J. and S. Goldberg, 2012, Down the Isoquant: What Is the Potential for Energy
Substitution in the US Economy? MK Jaccard and Associates for the Electric Power Research Institute, 113 pages.
Jaccard, M., Melton, N. and J. Nyboer, 2012, Scaling Up Renewable Electricity in British Columbia:
Tackling the Institutional and Political Challenges. Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions Policy Brief, 16 pages.
Jaccard, M., 2011, Assessment of the UNCTAD draft report on Renewable Energy Technologies for
Sustainable Development, 7 pages.
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Jaccard, M. 2011, Assessment of Environment Canada’s draft report on Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Target and Emissions Projection to 2030, 8 pages.
Jaccard, M. and B. Griffin, 2011, BC’s Carbon-Neutral Public Sector: Too Good to be True? Simon
Fraser University Policy Brief, 8 pages. Jaccard, M. and B. Griffin, 2010, Shale Gas and Climate Targets: Can They be Reconciled? Pacific
Institute for Climate Solutions Policy Brief, 12 pages. Nyboer, J., Jaccard, I., and M. Jaccard, 2010, Industrial Energy Efficiency: Challenges and
Opportunities, Report to UNIDO. Jaccard, M. and H. Wu (co-chairs), 2009, Report and Recommendations to Chinese Premier Wen on
the Prospects and Policies for Sustainable Use of Coal in China. China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development.
Jaccard, M., 2009, Canadian Climate Policy: the Past, the Present and the Future, Report for
WikiPolicy. Jaccard, M., 2009, Climate Policy Developments and Prospects in Canada, Report for Vivid
Economics. M.K. Jaccard and Associates, 2009, Exploration of Two Canadian GHG Emissions Targets, Report
for the David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute Jaccard, M., 2009, Proposed NDP Climate Policies for British Columbia: Estimating Their Effect,
2009, Energy and Materials Research Group report, Simon Fraser University. National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, 2009, Achieving 2050, NRTEE,
Government of Canada. Jaccard, M., Rivers, N. and J. Peters, 2008, Assessment of Canada’s Climate Policy, School of
Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University. Jaccard, M., 2008, Assessing BC Electricity Policy: Peer Review of Two Controversial 2007
Documents, Report for the Independent Power Producers of B.C. National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, 2007, Getting to 2050: Canada’s
Transition to a Low-Emission Future, NRTEE, Government of Canada. Jaccard, M. and J. Mintz, “Carbon Tax Tango,” Alternatives, V.32, 3, 2006, 32-35. Bataille, C., Rivers, N., Sadownik, B., Peters, J., and M. Jaccard, 2006, Advice on a Long-term
Strategy on Energy and Climate Change: Phase II, MK Jaccard and Associates for the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
Sadownik, B., Bataille, C., Sharp, J., Peters, J., and M. Jaccard, 2006, Demand Side Management
Potential in Canada, MK Jaccard and Associates for the Ontario Power Authority, 87 pages. Rivers, N., Murphy, R., Mau, P., Sharp, J., and M. Jaccard, 2006, Modelling Support for Climate
Change and Sustainability Policy, MK Jaccard and Associates for the David Suzuki Foundation, 53 pages.
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Bataille, C., Rivers, N., Murphy, R., Mau, P., Sadownik, B., Joseph, C., and M. Jaccard, 2006, Canada’s Energy and Greenhouse Gas Context, MK Jaccard and Associates for the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 89 pages.
Sadownik, B., Bataille, C., Rivers, N., Murphy, R., Nyboer, J., Tu, K., Mau, P., Peters, J., Jaccard,
M., Robillard, P., Sawyer, D., Shipley, D., Todesco, G., Sachs, M., Kynoch, B, 2006, Demand Side Management Potential in Canada: Energy Efficiency Study, MK Jaccard and Associates and Marbek Resource Consultants for the Council of Energy Ministers Demand-side Management Working Group, 28 pages.
Sadownik, B., and M. Jaccard, 2005, Process and Research Requirements for NRTEE Advice to the
Government of Canada on a Long-term Strategic Energy and Climate Change Policy, MK Jaccard and Associates for the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 15 pages.
Jaccard, M., 2005, Testimony Before House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on
Environment and Sustainable Development: Toward a More Effective Plan for Canadian
Greenhouse Gas Reduction, 3 pages.
Jaccard, M., 2005, Testimony Before the BC Utilities Commission in the Matter of BC Hydro Call
for Tenders for Capacity on Vancouver Island: Review of Electricity Purchase Agreement, For
the Georgia Strait Crossing Concerned Citizens Coalition, 9 pages.
Rivers, N., Eyzaguirre, J., Sadownik, B., Horne, M. and M. Jaccard, 2004, Analysis of Policies for
Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Canada, Phase 2, MK Jaccard and Associates for Sage Climate
Foundation and International Institute for Sustainable Development, 32 pages
Nyboer, J., Strickland, Laurin, A., Bennett, M., Jaccard, M., Murphy, R., Rivers, N. and B.
Sadownik, 2004, Strategic Options for Combined Heat and Power in Canada, MK Jaccard and
Associates for Natural Resources Canada Office of Energy Efficiency, 145 pages.
Rivers, N., Horne, M., Jaccard, M., Laurin, A., Sadownik, B. and C. Bataille, 2004, Analysis of
Policies for Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Canada, MK Jaccard and Associates for
International Institute for Sustainable Development, 62 pages.
Berry, T., Jaccard, M., Sadownik, B. and C. Bataille, 2004, The Macroeconomic Impacts of Fiscal
Policy Promoting Long-term Decarbonisation in Canada, Compass Resource Management
Ltd. and MK Jaccard and Associates, 73 pages.
Murphy, R., Jaccard, M. and N. Rivers, 2004. Vancouver Island Electricity Supply Alternatives, MK
Jaccard and Associates for Willis Energy Services, 37 pages.
Sadownik, B., Nyboer, J., Jaccard, M., Laurin, A. and M. Tisdale, 2004. Ecological Fiscal Reform
and Energy: Case Study on Energy Efficiency, MK Jaccard and Associates for National
Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment, 80 pages.
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Rivers, N., Laurin, A., Nyboer, J. and M. Jaccard, 2004. Comparison of How Absolute Vs. Intensity-
Based GHG Emission Reduction Strategies Might Affect Energy Efficiency Actions and
Programs, MK Jaccard and Associates for Natural Resources Canada, 29 pages.
Murphy, R., Jaccard, M., Tisdale, M. and J. Eyzaguirre, 2004. Regulatory Context for Small Hydro
Development in British Columbia by Independent Power Producers, MK Jaccard and
Associates for Chignecto Consulting Group Inc., 44 pages.
Murphy, R., Jaccard, M. and N. Rivers, 2004. Vancouver Island Electricity Supply Alternatives:
Natural Gas South Island Versus Low Emission North Island, MK Jaccard and Associates for
Willis Energy Services Ltd., 37 pages.
Johansson, T. et al. (12 co-authors including M. Jaccard), 2003. Transforming Coal for
Sustainability: A Strategy for China, Task Force on Energy Strategies and Technologies,
China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, 15 pages.
Sadownik, B., Murphy, R. and M. Jaccard, 2003, Baseline Study on Ecological Fiscal Reform and
Energy in Europe, the United States and Japan, MK Jaccard and Associates for the National
Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment, 60 pages.
Jaccard, M. and R. Murphy, 2002, B.C.’s Electricity Options: Multi-Attribute Trade-Off and Risk
Analysis of the Natural Gas Strategy for Vancouver Island, Energy and Materials Research
Group, Simon Fraser University, 28 pages.
Bataille, C., A. Laurin, M. Jaccard, R. Murphy, J. Nyboer, B. Sadownik, and M. Tisdale, 2002,
Construction and Analysis of Sectoral, Regional and National Cost Curves of GHG
Abatement in Canada, M.K. Jaccard and Associates for the National Climate Change Process,
265 pages.
Johnston, D. et al., 2001. Sharing Environmental Decisions, Final Report of the Task Force on a
Canadian Information System for the Environment, Environment Canada, Ottawa, 48 pages.
Johansson, T. and N-W Dou (and 7 co-authors including M. Jaccard), 2001. Annual Report of the
Working Group on Energy Strategies and Technologies to the China Council for International
Cooperation on Environment and Development, Beijing, 30 pages.
Nyboer, J., Bailie, A. and M. Jaccard, 2000. Integration of GHG Emission Reduction Options using
CIMS, Report for the National Climate Change Implementation Process, Government of
Canada, 195 pages.
Berry,T. and M.Jaccard, 2000, The Renewable Portfolio Standard: Relevance to the Chinese
Electricity Sector, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and
Development and State Development Planning Commission of China, 24 pages.
Taylor,A., Jaccard,M. and N.Olewiler, 1999, Environmental Tax Shifting: A British Columbia
Discussion Paper, B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, 45 pages.
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Sadownik,B., Failing,L., Jaccard,M. and A.Taylor, 1999, Municipalities Table Option Paper on
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction, Natural Resources Canada, 85 pages.
Jaccard,M. and T.Berry, 1999, Proposals for Establishing the Price of Existing Hydro-Quebec
Supply to Quebec Consumers and for Creating Competition for New Wholesale Supplies,
Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources, 23 pages.
Jaccard,M. and L.Failing, 1998, Evaluation of Early Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
in British Columbia, B.C. Greenhouse Gas Forum, 45 pages.
Bailie,A., Sadownik,B., Taylor,A., Nanduri,M., Murphy,R., Nyboer,J., Jaccard,M. and A.Pape,
1998, Cost Curve Estimations for Reducing CO2 Emisions in Canada: An Analysis by
Province and Sector, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, 120 pages.
Jaccard,M., 1998, "Who Regulates the Regulator? Reflections on Regulatory Power and
Responsibility", Proceedings of the XI International Conference on Petroleum Economics,
Quebec.
Bataille,C., Jaccard,M., 1998, "New Evidence on Capital for Energy, Interfuel, Capital for Carbon
and Own Price Carbon Elasticities: Results and Implications from a Disaggregated
Technology Simulation Model", Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the North
American Branch of the International Association of Energy Economics, Albuquerque.
Jaccard,M., 1998, "Bridging the Gap Between Performance-Based and Rate-of-Return Regulation:
Recent Developments in a North American Jurisdiction", Proceedings of the Annual
Conference of the North American Branch of the International Association of Energy
Economics, Albuquerque.
Nyboer,J., Jaccard,M., 1998, “Simulating Evolution of Technology: An Aid to Energy Policy
Analysis”, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy
Economics, Quebec City.
Jaccard,M., Bataille,C., Luciuk,D., 1998, “Technology Simulation Modelling and Aggregate
Parameters for Price and Non-Price Induced Interfactor Substitution” Proceedings of the
Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics, Quebec City.
Jaccard,M., 1998, Reforming British Columbia’s Electricity Market: A Way Forward, Report to the
B.C. Minister of Employment and Investment, Vancouver, 80 pages.
Jaccard,M., 1997, Energy Options for the Yukon, Yukon Cabinet Committee on Energy,
Whitehorse, 41 pages.
Jaccard,M., 1997, British Columbia Task Force on Electricity Market Reform: First Interim Report,
Vancouver, 42 pages.
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Jaccard,M., 1996, British Columbia Inquiry into Gasoline Pricing, Final Report, Vancouver, 45
pages.
Boudreau,K., Grant,W., Jaccard,M., 1996, Review and Report on the Comptroller of Water Rights’
Actions with Respect to a CPCN Application by Blackwell Stores, Ltd., Vancouver, 18 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Leighton,F., 1996, Service Line Cost Allowance Proposal of B.C. Gas, B.C.
Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 4 pages.
Jaccard,M., Hall,K., Bradley,P., 1996, Industrial Service Options Application of B.C. Hydro and
Power Authority, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 25 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., 1996, Integrated Resource Plan of B.C. Gas, B.C. Utilities Commission,
Vancouver, 21 pages.
Jaccard,M., Hall.K., Bradley,P., 1996, Wholesale Transmission Services Application by British
Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 48 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Hall,K., 1996, Utility System Extension Tests, B.C. Utilities Commission,
Vancouver, 33 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Hall,K., 1996, Utility System Extension Test Guidelines, B.C. Utilities
Commission, Vancouver, 33 pages.
Jaccard, M., Barr,L., Leighton,F., 1995, Revenue Requirements Application (1996-1998) by B.C.
Gas, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 4 pages.
Jaccard,M., Leighton,F., Hall,K., 1995, Revenue Requirements Application and Decision,
Reconsideration Application, Phase 2, by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, B.C.
Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 44 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Hall,K., 1995, The British Columbia Electricity Market Review, Report and
Recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council, B.C. Utilities Commission,
Vancouver, 105 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., 1995, Review of Buy/Sell Deliveries of Natural Gas to the Core Market, B.C.
Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 45 pages.
Jaccard,M., Leighton,F., Hall,K., 1995, Revenue Requirements Application, Reconsideration, Phase
1, by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver,
17 pages.
Jaccard,M., Leighton,F., Hall,K., 1994, Revenue Requirements Application by British Columbia
Hydro and Power Authority, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 86 pages.
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Jaccard,M., Leighton,F., 1994, Revenue Requirements Application, Phase 2, by BC Gas Utility Ltd.,
B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 23 pages.
Jaccard,M., Hall,K., Payne,M., 1994, Revenue Requirements, Rate Design and Integrated Resource
Plan Applications by West Kootenay Power Ltd., B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 75
pages.
Jaccard,M., Leighton,F., Sleath,E., 1994, Revenue Requirements Application, Phase 1, by BC Gas
Utility Ltd., B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 21 pages.
Jaccard,M., Hall,K., Bradley,P., 1994, Return on Common Equity, BC Gas Utility Ltd., Pacific
Northern Gas Ltd., West Kootenay Power Ltd., B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 56
pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., 1994, TransMountain Enterprises of British Columbia Limited, Toll Application
and Complaint Submitted by Canadian Airlines International Ltd. and Vancouver Airport Fuel
Facilities Corporation, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 29 pages.
Jaccard,M., Page,H., 1994, Revenue Application by Centra Gas British Columbia Inc., Fort St. John
District, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 60 pages.
Jaccard,M. and H.Liu, 1993, Progress Review of the Energy Strategies and Technologies Working
Group of the China Council, China Council Advisory Committee, Vancouver.
Jaccard,M., 1993, "Top-Down vs Bottom-Up: Attributes and Feasibility of the Perfect Hybrid for
Modelling Greenhouse Gas Policies," Report to a Working Committee of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Vancouver.
Jaccard,M., Hall,K., Sleath,E., 1993, Rate Application by B.C. Hydro Power and Authority, B.C.
Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 57 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Hall,K., 1993, Rate Application by West Kootenay Power Ltd., B.C. Utilities
Commission, Vancouver, 49 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Hall,K., 1993, Application by B.C. Hydro for Rate Schedule 3808 and
Reviewed Power Purchase Agreement with West Kootenay Power Ltd., B.C. Utilities
Commission, Vancouver, 37 pages.
MacLean,G., Jaccard,M., Shaffer,M., Nelson,L., Wallis,H., Mennell,M., Hertzog, S., 1993, Burrard
Thermal Generating Plant - Issues and Options for Emission Reductions, The Burrard Task
Force, Vancouver, 76 pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Leighton,F., 1993, Generic Hearing for the Review of Domestic Natural Gas
Supply Rules, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 28 pages.
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Jaccard,M., Barr,L., 1993, Integrated Resource Planning Guidelines, B.C. Utilities Commission, 10
pages.
Jaccard,M., Barr,L., Leighton,F., 1992, Application for Reconsideration by BC Gas Inc., B.C.
Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 17 pages.
Leighton,F., Bradley,P., Jaccard,M., West,P., 1992, Application by B.C. Hydro and B.C. Power
Exchange Corporation for an Energy Removal Certificate - Report and Recommendations to
the Lieutenant Governor in Council, B.C. Utilities Commission, Vancouver, 157 pages.
Jaccard,M. 1992, Abatement Cost and Energy Resource Planning: Revealing Social Preferences,
OECD, Paris, 8 pages.
Jaccard,M., Nyboer,J. Fogwill,A. and A.Baillie, 1992, Carbon Dioxide Emission Tax Study of the
Ontario Industrial and Residential Sectors, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Toronto, 248 pages.
Jaccard,M., Nyboer,J. and A.Fogwill, 1992, Potential Canadian Industrial Energy Efficiency Gains:
1990-2010, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa, 130 pages.
Jaccard,M., Fogwill,A. and J.Nyboer, 1992, The 1991 Electricity Conservation Potential Review:
The B.C. Industrial Sector, (Volume I and II) B.C. Hydro, Vancouver, 400 pages.
Jaccard,M., 1992, Environmental Policies for the B.C. Pulp and Paper Industry: Application of a
Technology Simulation Model to Assess the Impacts on Industry Viability, Forest Economics
and Policy Analysis Program, University of B.C., Vancouver, 60 pages.
Jaccard,M. and J.Campfens, 1992, Simulating Technological Change Induced by Changes in
Environmental Regulations in the B.C. Pulp and Paper Industry, B.C. Science Council,
Vancouver, 40 pages.
Margolick,M., J.Nyboer, T.Makinen, S.Gai, and M.Jaccard, 1991, The Potential for Energy
Efficiency in Canadian Industry and the Implications for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Energy,
Mines and Resources Canada and B.C. Hydro, for the Canadian World Energy Conference,
250 pages.
Jaccard,M. 1991, Energy for Tomorrow: A Yukon Discussion Paper, Yukon Council on the
Economy and the Environment, Whitehorse, Yukon, 30 pages.
Jaccard,M. 1991, Recent Applied Electricity Demand Research in the Commercial Sector, B.C.
Hydro, Vancouver, 47 pages.
Jaccard,M. 1990, Book Review of Electricity: Efficient End-Use and New Generation Technologies
and Their Planning Implications, Energy Studies Review, V.2, N.2-3, 1990, pp.173-176.
Jaccard,M. 1990, Book Review of Critical Issues in Electric Power Planning in the 1990s, by K.
Morgan MacRae, Energy Studies Review, V.2, N.1, 1990, pp.72-75.
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Jaccard,M. and D.Tremain, 1990, Preliminary Assessment of the Long River Diversion Project,
Central Institute of Nationalities, Beijing, 64 pages.
Jaccard,M. 1990, "ISTUM-PC: Forecasting Energy Consumption and Pollution Emissions in the
Industrial Sector under Alternative Regulations," 13th Annual International Conference of the
International Association of Energy Economics, Vol.2, Copenhagen.
Jaccard,M., 1989, "Introduction to ISTUM-PC: Challenges and Applications for Industrial Energy
Demand Forecasting, Policy Analysis and Economic Research." in Energy Markets in the
1990s and Beyond, Proceedings of the 11th. Annual North American Conference of the
International Association of Energy Economics, pp.363-374.
Jaccard,M. and F.Bohlken, 1989 (July), Energy Demand in the BC Pulp and Paper Industry: 1990 -
2010, Commissioned by BC Hydro for the 1990 - 2010 Electricity Demand Forecast. 20
pages.
Jaccard,M., 1989, ISTUM-PC User Guide, (Volumes I, and II). Documentation to accompany the
ISTUM-PC model, 77 pages.
Jaccard,M. and F.Bohlken, 1988 (December), Forecasting the Demand for Energy in the B.C. Pulp
and Paper Industry, Commissioned by the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum
Resources. 44 pages.
Jaccard,M. and F.Bohlken, 1988 (September), Forecasting the Demand for Energy in the B.C. Pulp
and Paper Industry Using the ISTUM Model, Commissioned by B.C. Hydro and Power
Authority, 33 pages.
Jaccard,M. 1988, "Toward Integrated Energy Resources Planning," Submission to the Energy
Options Advisory Committee of the Government of Canada.
Jaccard,M. "Deregulation and Privatization of the Energy Sector in B.C.," Forum for Planning
Action, V.3, August, 1988.
Jaccard,M. 1987, A Survey of the Long Run Energy Demand Modelling Methods used for Public
Policy Evaluation in Canada, Research report commissioned by the Manitoba Ministry of
Energy and Mines.
Jaccard,M. 1987, Analyse et Modelisation Desagregee de la Demande Industrielle d'Energie:
Application au Cas de l'Industrie du Papier-Carton en France, These de Doctorat de
l'Universite des Sciences Sociales de Grenoble II Specialite "Economie de l'Energie," 463 p.
Jaccard,M. 1984, Simulation des Substitutions Interenergetiques dans MEDEE-S, Memoire de
D.E.A. Economie de l'Energie, Universite des Sciences Sociales de Grenoble II, 91 pages.
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Jaccard,M. 1984, "An Evaluation of the Regulatory Regime for Electrical Energy in British
Columbia," Natural Resources Management Program Report No. 14, Simon Fraser University.
Carney,P., M.Lopianowski, M.Jaccard and C.Sinclair, 1980, Satellite Services for Non-Metropolitan
Canadians. Prepared for Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. for submission to the
CRTC. 326 p.
Carney, P., M.Lopianowski, M.Jaccard, and C.Sinclair, 1979, The Prospects for Distance Education
via Satellite. Prepared for the B.C. Institute of Technology for submission to the provincial
cabinet. 42 p.
KEY CONFERENCE AND INVITED LECTURES
2016
“Kinder Morgan pipeline approval: a public forum.” Public Talk organized by Vancouver-Quadra
MP, Joyce Murray, Vancouver
“Canadian climate policy options.” Invited testimony before the Canadian Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources, Ottawa.
“Clean fuel policies for the urgent energy transition.” Keynote speech at Renewable Industries
Canada Annual Conference, Ottawa.
“Climate policies and Ontario communities: challenges and opportunities.” Keynote speech at
GridSmartCity Annual Conference, Guelph Ontario.
“Can our Canadian government achieve its Paris commitment . . . and get re-elected?” Invited talk at
the Canadian Science Policy Conference, Ottawa.
“Canada’s climate effort after Paris: Interview.” Quirks and Quarks, CBC, Canada-wide.
“Can our Canadian government achieve its Paris commitment . . . and get re-elected?” Keynote
Speech at the Annual Canadian Climate Forum, Ottawa.
“In the climate policy trenches: Lessons from the British Columbian carbon tax and other policies.”
The October invited speaker in the Harvard Canada Seminar Series, Harvard University.
“Fossil fuel project approvals and climate commitments: modeling tools for connecting the dots.”
International Conference on Fossil Fuel Supply and Climate Policy, Oxford University.
“Vancouver’s target of 100% renewables by 2050: Just another pipe dream?” Keynote Speech at
One-Day Seminar organized by SFU Faculty of Environment, Vancouver.
“Addressing fossil fuel expansion projects.” Invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Climate Action Network, Hollyhock Retreat, Cortes Island, BC.
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“Canada’s climate effort: Is national coherence possible? And do pipelines have cumulative
effects?” Keynote speech at the Canadian Institute Conference on Cumulative Effects and the
Future of Natural Resource Management, Vancouver.
“Canadian climate action and energy: What prospects for British Columbia IPP renewables?”
Keynote speech at the Annual Hatch Symposium, Vancouver.
“How can Canada quickly reduce GHG emissions?” Invited speech to the REGEN Club, Vancouver.
“How can Canada quickly reduce GHG emissions?” Public talk organized by Simon Fraser
University on Making 1.5 C a Reality, Vancouver.
“Towards effective and efficient climate policy – that succeeds politically!” Keynote speech at
Climate Choices Canada Conference, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo.
“Challenges for Canadian climate policy.” Plenary session speech at Climate Choices Canada
Conference, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo.
2015
“Canadian climate efforts: Is national coherence possible?” Keynote speech at the annual conference
of the Economics Society of Northern Alberta, Edmonton.
“Breakfast chat with Dr. Mark Jaccard?” Speech and then dialogue with executive directors of Clean
Energy BC, Vancouver.
“Canada’s climate effort: Making up for 10 lost years.” Breakfast speech organized by Vancouver-
Quadra MP Joyce Murray, Vancouver.
“How do we get effective climate policy?” Invited speech at the UBC Institute for Resources,
Environment and Sustainability, Vancouver.
“Energy-economy modeling and behavioral realism. How much is enough?” Invited Webinair
Speech to US National Renewable Energy Laboratories, Boulder, Colorado.
“Vancouver’s green future,” Pecha Kucha on Vancouver’s Green Future, Vancouver.
“Climate leadership and economic prosperity,” Conference on Diversifying Vancouver’s Economy:
Energy for the Future, Vancouver.
“Issues in integrated resource planning for Yukon electricity,” Yukon Energy Economic Summit,
Whitehorse, Yukon.
“At the interface of micro and macro in climate and energy modeling,” Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research, Berlin.
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“Modeling tipping-point policies for energy transformation,” Our Common Future Conference,
Paris.
“Energy-economy modeling and behavioral realism,” SAVE-E research workshop, Danish
Technical University, Copenhagen.
“Energy-economy modeling and behavioral realism: How much is useful?” Keynote speaker,
International Workshop on Behavioral Realism in Energy, Economy, Environment,
Engineering Models, University College, London.
“Integrating research from natural and social science: The 2 C target.” Simon Fraser University
Climate Day, Vancouver.
“Changing environment and public health,” Keynote speaker, Ontario Public Health Annual
Conference, Toronto.
“Pipelines, politics and perjury: A BC perspective.” Vancouver Public Library invited speaker
series, Vancouver.
“Self-interest delusions and climate: What can we in BC do?” Keynote speaker, BC Power
Symposium, Vancouver.
“Why stopping pipelines makes sense,” Keynote speech before public screening of film, “Directly
Affected.” Vancouver.
2014
“Climate change and solutions from innovation,” FACTS Conference organized by the French
Ambassador to Canada, Vancouver.
“Assessment of forecasting methodology at Southern Company,” Expert Advisor Presentation to
Southern Company Forecasting and Management Team, San Francisco.
“Must India follow China?” Invited speech at TERI Institute, Delhi.
“Shale gas: macro-level benefits and risks,” Expert Testimony before the Legislative Select
Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing, Whitehorse.
“Report of Chair, Working Group on Shale Energy Economics, Workshop on the Shale Energy
Revolution at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire.
“Opening Remarks on BC LNG Export Strategy,” Leader of workshop on Public Finance and
Climate Policy Implications of BC’s LNG Export Strategy, Vancouver.
“North American Climate Policy Linkage,” Talk at UCLA conference on California-Quebec:
Linking Cap and Trade as a Path to Global Climate Action?, UCLA, Los Angeles.
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“Should Canada expand the oil sands?” Debate organized by the University of British Columbia
Association of Sustainability Engineers, UBC, Vancouver.
“Host Opening Remarks on Science and the Oil Sands,” Co-host of Oil Sands Scientific Synthesis
and Advanced Communications Workshop, Vancouver.
2013
“Canada and climate policy: coordination or chaos?” Talk at Stanford International Conference on
Regional Climate Policies, Stanford University, California.
“Keystone, Canada and climate: connecting the dots,” Keynote Speech at NextGen Climate Summit,
Washington, DC.
“The global tragedy of the commons: Canada’s contribution,” UBC Invited Lecture, Vancouver.
“Canada’s contribution to a global tragedy of the commons,” Invited Talk at University Women’s
Club of Vancouver, Hycroft Manor, Vancouver.
“Modeling technological and behavioral response to transport policies,” Invited Talk at Workshop
on Transport Modeling in Integrated Assessment Models, International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis, Vienna.
“Climate change and science: The untold stories.” Keynote talk at the US National Association of
Science Writers, Gainesville Florida.
“Canada’s contribution to a global tragedy of the commons.” Invited Talk at the Ottawa Economics
Association, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa.
“Climate promises versus reality: A North American perspective.” Guest Lecture in UBC Sauder
School of Business, Vancouver.
“Urban climate policies and actions: A critical look.” Guest Lecture in SFU Geography Department
Speaker Series, Vancouver.
“Policies for Energy Systems Transformations,” West Coast Launch of the Global Energy
Assessment, Stanford University, Palo Alto.
“Carbon Constraints, Unconventional Fuels, and Climate Policies,” Oral Testimony and Cross
Examination (with Jim Hansen) before the UK Parliament Committee on Carbon Budgeting,
London.
“Carbon Constraints, Unconventional Fuels, and Climate Policies,” Presentation with Jim Hansen to
Members of the European Parliament, European Parliament, Brussels.
“Carbon Constraints, Unconventional Fuels, and Climate Policies,” Public Talk with Jim Hansen,
Swedish Consulate to the European Union, Brussels.
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“The Climate Cliff and You: Strategies for Governments, Organizations, Firms and Individuals,”
Keynote speech for the Annual Conference of the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition,
Vancouver.
“Global Warming – Global Justice: Trade-Off or Win-Win?” SFU President’s Colloquium Speaker
Series, Vancouver.
“Setting the Course on Energy: the Keystone XL Pipeline,” TV Debate on The Hard Question hosted
by Blanquita Cullum, National Press Club, Washington.
“Asking the Wrong Question About Keystone XL,” Oral testimony and cross-examination: US
Congress Subcommittee on Energy and Power, US Congress, Washington.
“Peak Oil and Sustainability: Help or Harm?” Panel on Peak Oil, Vancouver Public Library.
2012
“Climate Urgency and Renewables: What Should You Be Doing?” Keynote speech, Annual Summit
of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, Ottawa.
“Fossil Fuels and Sustainability: Should We Worry About Depletion?” Invited Talk, Herrenhausen
Symposium of the 40th Anniversary of The Limits to Growth, Hannover.
“CIMS Hybrid Model: Parameter Estimation and Model Application,” Invited Talk, Electricite de
France, Paris
“Corporations and Climate: Eyes Wide Shut,” Keynote Speaker, Conference on Corporations,
Investors and Climate Change, Vancouver.
“BC Energy Policy: A Solution or a Problem,” Panel Speaker, Dal Grauer Annual Energy Talk,
Vancouver Institute, Vancouver.
“Climate Change and You.” Guest Speaker, New Westminster Documentary Film Festival, New
Westminster, British Columbia.
“Climate Delusions: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” Coast To Coast Science Speakers Series,
Vancouver.
“CIMS-US Modeling Results.” Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University – Natural Gas Study,
Washington.
“Deluding Ourselves.” Public Talk for Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, Vancouver.
“Deluding Ourselves to Disaster: Why We Fail to Act on the Climate Threat,” Public Talk for Simon
Fraser Lecture Series on Values in Policy and Climate Change, Vancouver.
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2011
“Canada in 2050.” Quirks and Quarks, CBC Radio.
“Clean Energy and Climate: No Option Left Behind,” Keynote Speaker, Kern 2011 Energy Summit,
Bakersfield, California.
“Possible US-China Collaboration on Climate,” Public Talk, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, Washington, DC.
“Politics and Policy for the Climate Crisis,” Guest Lecture, PICS Public Lecture Series, Vancouver.
“The Politics of Energy and Climate in BC,” Special Guest, Voice of BC, Victoria.
“Human Delusions and the Enormity of the Climate Challenge,” Guest Speaker, REM Speaker
Series, SFU, Vancouver.
“The Future of Wind Energy in BC,” Annual Conference of the Canadian Wind Energy Association,
Vancouver.
“BC Power: Private and Public for Sustainability,” Invited presentation, Clean Energy BC
Conference, Vancouver.
“Using the CIMS Hybrid Model to Generate Elasticities of Substitution for US CGE Models,”
Invited Talk at the Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California.
“Policy Perspectives for Sustainable Energy and Energy Access,” Invited Panelist at the Vienna
Energy Forum, Vienna.
“Climate Policy: How Do We Know It’s Working?” Invited Speech at the International Institute for
Industrial Environmental Economy (IIEEE), University of Lund, Sweden.
“Addressing the Climate Risk: Integrating Psychology, Technology, Policy and Civil Activism,”
Keynote Speech at the International Student Energy Summit, Vancouver.
“Solar Energy in Canada: Making It Happen,” Keynote Speech at Solar West 2011 Conference of
the Canadian Solar Industries Association, Vancouver.
“Efficiency vs Other GHG Abatement Options: Policy Implications,” Invited Talk, Electric Power
Research Institute Annual Research Workshop, Washington.
“Energy Efficiency and GHG Abatement: Assessing McKinsey,” Energy Modeling Forum at
University of Maryland, Washington.
“Energy Efficiency and GHG Abatement: Deconstructing Divergent Estimates,” US Department of
Energy, Washington.
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“Fukushima and the Prospects for Nuclear Power,” Four Speaker Public Panel, Vancouver.
“Hybrid Energy-Economy Models: CIMS Development and Applications,” Invited Talk at ADEME,
Paris.
“Issues in Estimating the Cost and Effectiveness of Climate Policies,” Public Talk at Central
European University, Budapest.
“Energy and Climate Policy Experiences,” Lead Speaker at Yukon Energy Charrette, Whitehorse,
Yukon.
“Energy and Climate Change: What Role for Teachers?” Keynote Speech at Greater Edmonton
Teachers Association Annual Conference, Edmonton.
2010
“My Research Career,” Royal Society of Canada Induction Ceremony, Ottawa.
“Regional Impacts of Canadian Climate Policy, Sustainable Prosperity Special Speaker Series,
University of Ottawa.
“Regional Impacts of Canadian Climate Policy,” Environment Canada, Presentation to senior staff,
Ottawa.
“CIMS Results for Modeling US Climate Policy,” Energy Modeling Forum Workshop, Washington,
DC.
“Canadian Climate Policy: Past and Future,” Plenary Speech at the Annual Meeting of the
International Association of Energy Economics, Calgary.
“Assessing Carbon Capture and Storage Strategies: Case Study of China,” MISTRA Foundation
Workshop on Policy and Politics of CCS, Princeton University.
“Facing the Future,” Speech at Simon Fraser University Convocation, Vancouver.
“Climate Controversies: the Saga Continues,” Speech on Receiving the Sterling Prize for
Controversy, Vancouver.
“The Risks of Fossil Fuels,” Keynote Speech to the Risk and Insurance Management Society Annual
Conference, Edmonton.
“Sustainable Energy Policy Linkages,” Global Energy Assessment Executive Meeting, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna.
“China and Climate Risk,” Debate on the Chinese Energy Revolution, Environmental Engineers of
the Netherlands, The Hague.
32
“Sustainable Energy Policy and Modeling,” Special Guest Lecturer, Chalmers University,
Gothenburg, Sweden.
“Peak Oil: Another Urban Myth?” Keynote Speech to the World Education Conference, Vancouver.
“District Energy and GHG Emissions Reduction,” Keynote Address to the Annual Conference of the
Canadian District Energy Association, Vancouver.
“BC’s Clean Energy Act: The Right Balance of Political Control and Independent Regulation?”
Keynote Address to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions Annual Conference:
FutureGrid, Vancouver.
“Human Delusion and Addressing the Climate Risk,” Presentation at the Public Salon for Civil
Society, Vancouver.
“The Role of Carbon in the Economy,” Invited Presentation to Co-operators Board of Directors,
Montreal.
“Sustainable Energy Policies: Latest Developments,” Presentation to the Executive Meeting of the
Global Energy Assessment, Vienna.
“Issues in Estimating the Cost and Effectiveness of Climate Policies,” Invited Guest Lecture,
Foundazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Venice.
“Representing Energy Efficiency in Large-Scale, Energy-Economy Models,” Energy Modeling
Forum 24, Stanford University, San Francisco.
“Issues in the Use of Energy Conservation and GHG Abatement Cost Curves,” Keynote Speech, US
National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Modeling the Economics of GHG Mitigation,
National Academy of Sciences, Washington.
“Climate Change and Canada: Policy Solutions,” Invited Speaker to 30 Members of Parliament,
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa.
“Sustainability and Climate Policies and Regulatory Developments in North America, Invited
Speech to CORIX Corporation Senior Management, Vancouver.
“Carbon Capture and Storage: Technology, Economics and Policy,” Invited Lecture University of
British Columbia, Vancouver.
“Dialogue on Clean Electricity in BC,” Keynote speech to Dialogue on Clean Electricity, West
Coast Environmental Law, Vancouver.
2009
“Cities and Greenhouse Gases: What To Do.” Special Invited Lecture, Whistler Centre for
Sustainability, Whistler, BC.
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“Climate Policy Challenges and Technological Change: From Local to Global,” Harry Toop
Memorial Lecture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
“Policy Portfolios for Accelerating Energy Efficiency,” Global Energy Assessment, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna.
“The Challenge of Low- and Zero-Emission Buildings,” Bunting-Coady Speaker Series, Vancouver.
“Recommendations to the Chinese Government for Sustainable Use of Coal in China,” Presentation
to Chinese Cabinet Ministers and China Council for International Cooperation on
Environment and Development, Beijing.
“The Climate Challenge and Climate Policies,” Invited speech, Guy Dauncey book launch,
Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver.
“The Difficult Trade-Offs of Green Energy,” Opening Address, Conference on Building a Green
Energy Future for British Columbia, Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver.
“Modeling US Climate Policy and Energy Efficiency with CIMS,” Energy Modeling Forum 25,
Resources for the Future, Washington, DC.
“Further Reflections on Energy Efficiency Cost Curves,” Energy Modeling Forum 25, Resources for
the Future, Washington, DC.
“Effective Climate Policies and Faking It Climate Policies,” Keynote Address to the Resilient Cities
/ Canadian Association of Ecological Economics Conference, Vancouver.
“Climate Policy and Academic Research: Is There a Connection?” Simon Fraser University, Faculty
of Environment Speaker’s Series, Vancouver.
“Can We Save the Planet from Ourselves?” New West Environmental Partners Keynote Speech,
Vancouver.
“Research Topics for a Low Carbon Emissions Economy in BC,” Pacific Institute for Climate
Solutions Research Workshop, Vancouver.
“International Architectures for Global Control of Carbon Emissions and their Relevance to China's
Coal Industry and Economy,” Presentation as co-chair of the China Council Task Force on
Sustainable Use of Coal in China, Copenhagen.
“Climate Policy Design Challenges in North America,” Plenary presentation to the International
Association of Energy Economics, Annual Conference, San Francisco.
“Sustainable Energy Policy,” Plenary presentation to the Global Energy Assessment, Vienna.
34
“Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage Prospects in China,” Stockholm Environment Institute,
MISTRA Project on CCS, Stockholm.
“Future Climate Policy and Socially Responsible Investment,” Canadian Responsible Investment
Conference, Winnipeg.
“CIMS-US: Preliminary Results on Modeling US Energy Efficiency and GHG Abatement Policy for
EMF25,” Meeting of Energy Modeling Forum 25 project leaders, Stanford University, San
Francisco.
“Prospects for Sustainable Use of Coal in China,” Presentation as co-chair of the China Council
Task Force on Sustainable Use of Coal in China, Beijing.
“What Is Green Energy? How Can We Get More of It?” Keynote speech to the BC conference on
sustainable energy, Vancouver.
“Climate Policy Models: Have We Progressed?” Invited presentation to the international modelers
workshop, Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Developpement, Paris.
“Can Economic Growth and Planetary Survival Co-Exist?” Debate with Bill Rees, UBC Continuing
Studies Speaker Series, Vancouver.
“Actions and Policies for GHG Reduction,” The Kenneth Hammond Invited Lecture on
Environment, Energy and Resources, Guelph University, Guelph, Ontario.
“BC Hydro’s Long Term Acquisition Plan and the Long Run Price of Carbon,” Testimony and cross
examination before the BC Utilities Commission. Vancouver.
“The Enabling Environment for Transformative Energy-Environment Policies,” Talk and
Discussion, Authors’ Meeting, Special Report on Renewables, Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
“Getting Climate Policy Right,” Invited Speech, School of Public Policy and Governance,
University of Toronto.
“Canadian Climate Policy: Is the Pretending Over?” Distinguished Lecture, “Lectures at the Leading
Edge Series,” Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto.
“Actions and Policis for Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Sorting Through the Spin,” Invited Speech,
Sustainable Energy Policy Lecture Series, UBC Faculty of Forestry, Vancouver.
2008
“Offsets: Lighter than Hot Air,” Invited Speech, Centre for International Governance Innovation,
Waterloo.
35
“Whither (or wither) Canadian Climate Policy,” Invited Speech, Centre for International Governance
Innovation, Waterloo.
“Climate Policy and the Future of Renewable Fuels,” Keynote Speech, Annual Meeting of the
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, Ottawa.
“Carbon Pricing and the Canadian Economy,” Invited Speech, Graymont Board of Directors
Meeting, Vancouver.
“Getting Climate Policy Right,” Invited Public Speech, Mount Alison University, New Brunswick.
“Getting Climate Policy Right,” Invited Public Speech, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
“Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy” Invited Speech, German-Canadian Conference of the
Atlantik Brucke, Whistler, British Columbia.
“Climate Policy and Energy Efficiency Potential in the US: What Policy Makers Need to Know,”
Invited Speech, Energy Modeling Forum Workshop, Washington, DC.
“Carbon Taxes: Good or Evil?” Invited Public Speech, Prince George, British Columbia.
“Estimating and Achieving Energy Efficiency,” Invited Speaker, Chalmers University, Gothenburg,
Sweden.
“The Policy and Politics of Carbon Capture and Storage in Canada,” Workshop on the Politics and
Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage, Stavanger, Norway.
“Assessing the Critiques of the BC Energy Plan,” News Conference, Vancouver.
“Climate Policy Innovation and Technological Innovation,” Keynote Speech, Second Banff
Innovation Summit, Banff, Alberta.
“Carbon Taxes: Good or Evil?” Invited Public Speech, Kamloops, British Columbia.
“Climate Change Policies and Decentralized Energy,” Canadian Decentralized Energy Conference,
Calgary.
“Challenges with Greenhouse Gas Pricing Policies,” Meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Global Energy Assessment, Vienna.
“Treatment of Uncertainty in Energy-Climate Modeling,” Workshop on Navigating the Energy
Transition to Limit Climate Change, Dunsmuir Lodge, Vancouver Island.
“Climate Change Risks and Policy Options,” Luncheon Speaker, Royal York Hotel, Institute for
Research on Public Policy, Toronto.
36
“Rising Oil Prices and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” Presentation, Carbon Pricing Strategy at the
University of Calgary, School of Policy Studies, Calgary.
“Assessing Alberta’s Climate Policy,” Invited speaker, Alberta Task Force on Climate Policy,
Calgary.
“Climate Policy, Energy Prices and Cars,” Keynote speaker, British Columbia Automobile Dealers
Association, Vancouver.
“Targets, Emissions Caps, Trading and Carbon Taxes,” Keynote speaker, Annual Conference of the
Canadian Petrochemical Industry, Kanninaskas, Alberta.
“Climate Policy and Electricity Efficiency in Ontario,” Conference on Ontario Electricity Policy,
Munk Centre, University of Toronto.
“Canadian and US Climate Policy: Past Failures, Future Risks,” Keynote speaker, Public Policy
Forum, Ottawa.
“Lessons from our Climate Policy Failures,” Invited speech to NEXEN Corporation, Calgary
“Lessons from our Climate Policy Failures.” Keynote speaker, Canadian Centre for Environmental
Health, Conference Board of Canada, Edmonton.
“What Will a Carbon Tax Do?” Earth Day Special Guest Talk at Quest University, Squamish, BC.
“Climate Policy and the BC Forest Industry,” Keynote Speaker, Council of Forest Industries.
Kelowna.
“Climate Policy and the Natural Gas Industry.” Invited presentation to Terasen Gas and Fortis Board
of Directors. Kelowna
“Climate Policy: The Tipping Point?” SFU President’s Forum: Keynote Speaker, Vancouver.
“Learning from Our Failed Climate Policies: The Constructive Role for Business.” Tech Cominco
Sustainability Workshop for Senior Management, Vancouver.
“Climate and Air Quality Policies: Assessing Electricity Options” Ontario Power Generation Annual
Distinguished Sustainability Speaker, Toronto.
“The Urgent Need to Support Good Climate Policy” Acceptance Speech, Academic of the Year, BC
Confederation of University Faculty Associations, Vancouver.
“Climate Policy Failures: What Have We Learned?” University of Calgary Distinguished Speakers
Series, Calgary.
“Climate Policy Learning,” Globe 2008 Conference, Closing Plenary, Vancouver.
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“Climate Policy Lessons for Alberta,” Invited Speech to Alberta Deputy Ministers, Government
Interchange Program, Edmonton.
“Learning (Finally) from Our Failed Climate Policies, “Public Speech for Vancouver Taxpayers for
Action on Climate Change, Vancouver
“Learning from Our Failed Climate Policies,” Keynote Speaker at BC Chamber of Commerce
Energy Summit, Victoria.
“Thank You Speech,” Award Ceremony for Simon Fraser University Alumni of the Year Award,
Vancouver.
“Pricing Carbon: Saving Green,” Press Conference with David Suzuki to Present Study Findings on
Carbon Tax Shifting in Canada, Ottawa.
“The Politics of Climate Change,” Keynote Speaker at the Higher Learning Symposium, Presidents
and Senior Management of British Columbia’s Higher Learning Institutes, Vancouver.
“Scenarios and Climate Policy Simulation Modeling,” Presentation to the Global Energy
Assessment, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna.
“Climate Policies and Simulation Models,” Presentation to the School of Social Ecology, Klagenfurt
University, Vienna.
“Learning from Our Failed Climate Policies,” Invited Presentation to the B.C. Climate Action Team,
Vancouver.
“Canadian Business Leaders and Climate Policy: Making a Real Contribution,” Dinner speech to the
New Year’s Dinner of the Canadian Council of Chief Executive Officers, Toronto.
2007
“Assessing the Effectiveness of Canada’s Current and Proposed Climate Policies,” CD Howe
Conference The Economics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control in Canada, Toronto.
“Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge,” Keynote Speech to the Business Policy Cluster
Secretariat, Government of Ontario, Toronto.
“Climate Change in Alberta: Policy Implications,” Very Innovative People Seminar, Alberta Energy
Research Council, Edmonton.
“Lessons from Canada’s Failed Climate Policies,” Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.
“Lessons from Canada’s Failed Climate Policies,” Industry Canada, Ottawa.
“Climate Policy Options for Canada,” CD Howe Distinguished 2007 Benefactors Lecture, Toronto.
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“Aviation and Climate Change. What Actions? What Policies?,” BC Aviation Council Keynote
Speech, Vancouver.
“Fixing Canada’s Failed Climate Policies,” Rogers Financial Group, Vancouver.
“Climate Policy and the BC Electricity Sector,” Keynote Speech at the Conference of the BC
Independent Power Producers, Vancouver
“Fixing Canada’s Failed Climate Policies,” Conference on Canadian Climate Policy, Munk Centre,
University of Toronto, Toronto.
“Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge,” Chapters, Ottawa.
“The Pros and Cons of Carbon Taxes,” Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo.
“Canada’s Failed Climate Policies,” University of Waterloo, Waterloo.
“Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge,” Speaking of Science Series, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver.
“Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge,” University of Alberta, Edmonton.
“Canada’s Failed Climate Policies,” Conference on Canadian and European Approaches to Climate
Policy, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo.
“Climate Policy and the Canadian Electricity Sector,” Directors of the Canadian Electrical
Association, Edmonton
“Saving the Planet and Your Career,” Convocation Speech, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
“The Greening of Canadian Electricity,” Standing Committee on Natural Resources, House of
Commons, Ottawa.
“Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe?” CBC Radio: Ideas, Toronto.
“Canada and Kyoto: Ten Lost Years.” Environmental Managers Association Keynote Address,
Vancouver.
“Canada and Kyoto: Ten Lost Years.” Munk Centre for International Studies: University of Toronto,
Toronto.
“Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe? and Canada’s Climate Challenge.” Whistler Centre for Dialogue,
Whistler, BC.
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“Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe? and Canada’s Climate Challenge.” University of Waterloo. Waterloo,
Ontario.
“Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe? and Canada’s Climate Challenge.” Rotman School of Business,
University of Toronto, Donner Anniversary Speech, Toronto.
“Policies for Climate Change Abatement in Canada.” Institute for Research on Public Policy,
Toronto.
“Comments on Canada’s Clean Air Act,” Invited Testimony before the Canadian Parliamentary
Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, Ottawa.
“Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe?” Vancouver Institute Special Speaker Series, Vancouver.
“Multi-Method Modelling of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies: Canada to 2050,” Workshop on
Energy Environment Modelling, Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal.
“Policy Designs for Energy System Sustainability,” IIASA, Vienna.
“Coal and Sustainable Energy in the 21st Century,” European Investment Bank 2007 Conference on
Economics and Finance, Luxembourg.
2006
“Marginal Cost Curves of GHG Abatement in Canada,” Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.
“What to do with Ontario’s Coal Plants,” Conference on Grid Reliability and Competition in the
Power Market, Toronto.
“The Marginal Cost of GHG Emission Reduction in Canada in the 2030 Timeframe,” Presentation to
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.
“The California Vehicle Emission Standard and Climate Policy, International Conference on Climate
Change and Transport, Lyon.
“The Role of Fossil Fuels in a Carbon-Constrained World,” International Conference on Climate
Change and Transport,” Lyon.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Beatty Lecture, McGill University, Montreal.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Keynote Luncheon Speaker, Clean Coal Symposium, Calgary.
“Energy Policy: Where Fuels Rush In,” Selected presenter at the Philosophers’ Café, Vancouver.
40
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,”
Keynote Luncheon Speech to Annual Conference of the Unconventional Gas Association,
Calgary.
“Investment Opportunities in a Cleaner Energy Future,” Keynote Luncheon Speech to EnerTech
Capital Investors’ Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
“The Cost of Kyoto and GHG Policy Design,” Invited testimony before the Canadian Parliamentary
Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, Ottawa.
“Challenges in Estimating and Achieving Energy Efficiency,” Canadian Regulatory Dialogue,
Calgary.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford.
“Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe,” Department of Trade and Industry, London.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” The Energy Council, Little Rock, Arkansas.
“Coal and Sustainable Energy,” Keynote Address, Canadian Coal Association Annual Meeting,
Victoria.
“Clean Energy Technologies and the Role of Policy,” Invited Presentation to Canadian Energy
Ministers, Whitehorse.
“Access to Energy Services and Sustainable Energy Future,” World Urban Forum III, Vancouver.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Energy and Environmental Policy Institute, Grenoble.
“Sustainable Energy,” OECD, Paris.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels and Energy Efficiency,” International Energy Agency, Paris.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels and the Ontario Electricity Sector,” Energy Efficiency Conference of the
Ontario Energy Association, Toronto.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Suzuki Foundation, Vancouver.
“Shifting Rationales for Energy Regulation and Regulatory Dilimmas,” Annual Conference of the
Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals, Ottawa.
“Multi-Attribute Comparison of our Global Energy Options,” Engineering Institute of Canada
Climate Change Technology Conference, Ottawa.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels and Decentralized Energy,” Annual Conference of the Canadian District
Energy Association, Vancouver.
41
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” York University, Toronto.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” University of Toronto, Toronto.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” CD Howe Institute, Toronto.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver.
“Energy Forecasting and Energy Efficiency,” National Energy Board, Calgary.
“Fossil Fuels, Renewables and Clean Energy Policy,” BC Solar Summit, BC Sustainable Energy
Association, Vancouver.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” BC Clean Air Forum, Vancouver.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Globe 2006 Conference, Vancouver.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Canadian Consulate and Southern States Energy Board, Atlanta.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” University of Victoria, Victoria.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Association of Professional Economists, Victoria
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels, Iceland Ministry of Energy, Reykjavik.
“Energy in Canada,” Iceland Ministry of Energy, Reykjavik.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Distinguished Environmental Speaker: Union College, Schenectady,
New York.
“La Quete d’Energie Propre et Durable: Modeles et Controverses,” Colloque Internationale sur let
Modeles et Fabrications du Future, Ecole des Ponts and Chaussees, Paris.
“Les Combustibles Fossils Propre and Durable,” Institut de Developpement Durable, Paris.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Quirks and Quarks, CBC radio, Toronto.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” University of Alberta, Edmonton.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: Policy Implications,” Alberta Environment, Edmonton.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels,” Caledon Countryside Alliance, Caledon, Ontario.
“The Challenges of Energy Efficiency,” Northwinds Institute Forum on Energy in Ontario, Langdon
Hall, Cambridge, Ontario.
42
“Estimating and Achieving Energy Efficiency,” Ontario Power Authority, Toronto.
“Fossil Fuels: Friend or Foe? Carleton University, Ottawa.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,”
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,” BC
Society of Environmental Professionals, Vancouver.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,” BC
Energy Forum, Vancouver.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,”
Imperial College, London.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: Prospects for the Global Energy Future,” IVieme Colloque International
du Reseau MONDER, Martigny Switzerland.
2005
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,”
Conference at the COP11 International Negotiations, Montreal.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,”
Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
“Energy Efficiency: What Should We Do?” British Columbia Sustainability Forum, Vancouver.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,”
University of Calgary, Calgary.
“Methodological Issues in Modeling Policies to Induce Technological Change,” University of
Calgary, Calgary.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: A Scenario for Clean and Enduring Energy,” Canadian Hydropower
Association, Ottawa.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,”
World Bank, Washington, DC.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: Global Energy Options and Alberta’s Future,” Petroleum Club, Calgary.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: Global Energy Options and Alberta’s Future,” EPCOR Annual
Distinguished Lecture, Edmonton.
43
“Canada’s Energy Intensity in Context,” Invited Presentation to the National Roundtable on the
Economy and Environment, Ottawa.
“Sustainable Fossil Fuels: An Alternative Scenario of Electricity Supply,” CCGES Transatlantic
Energy Conference, York University, Toronto.
“Climate Change Policy in Canada: Past, Present and Future,” CCGES Transatlantic Energy
Conference, York University, Toronto.
“Natural Gas, Fossil Fuels and a Sustainable Energy System,” Invited Presentation to the Executive
Forum of the Canadian Gas Association, Banff, Alberta.
“The Art and Science of Assessing Greenhouse Gas Abatement Policies,” Invited Presentation to
The Carbon Trust of the United Kingdom, London.
“A Hybrid Approach to Modeling Technological Change: The CIMS Model,” International
Workshop of Hybrid Energy-Economy-Environment Modelers, Paris.
“Toward a More Effective Plan for Canadian Greenhouse Gas Reduction,” Invited Submission to the
House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development,
Ottawa.
2004
“Supply Security and Environment as Driving Forces in Canada-US Energy Relations,” Conference
on Canada and the New American Empire, University of Victoria and CBC NewsWorld,
Victoria.
“Strategic Energy Policy for Canada,” Conference on Fueling Our Future by the Public Policy
Forum, Ottawa.
“Designing Policies to Induce Long-Run Technological Change in the Energy Sector for Sustainable
Development,” IIIieme Colloque International du Reseau MONDER, Quebec City.
“Technical Experts, the Public and the Right Level of Risk,” International Resource Planning
Symposium, Keynote Speaker, Vancouver.
“Modeling Endogenous Technological Change: A Hybrid Approach,” European Association of
Energy Economics, Invited Guest Speaker, Zurich.
“The Why and the How of Hydrogen,” International Association of Energy Economics Conference,
Invited Plenary Session, Washington, DC.
“Ecological Fiscal Reform and Energy: Case Study on Energy Efficiency,” National Roundtable on
the Environment and the Economy, Ottawa.
44
“Modeling Policies to Induce Long-Run Technological Change,” Climate Change Initiative
Workshop, School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
“Issues in Forecasting the Public Response to Carbon Capture and Storage,” Climate Change
Initiative Workshop, School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
“Energy-Economy Models and Policies to Induce Technological Change: Learning Curve and
Preference Shifting Effects.” Environment: Risk and Modeling Conference, GERAD, McGill
University, Montreal.
“Hybrid Models for Endogenous Technological Change: Challenges and Prospects.” Centre
Internationale de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Developpement, Paris.
“The Welfare Costs of Energy Efficiency.” International Energy Agency, Paris.
“Optimal Greenhouse Gas Policies for Canada.” Centre for International Governance Innovation,
Waterloo, Ontario.
“Environmental Policy and Energy Technological Change: What Is the Link?” Canadian Institute of
Energy, Vancouver.
2003
“What Does Greenhouse Gas Reduction Cost?” Presentation to the Oxford Institute of Energy
Studies, Oxford, England.
“Global Energy Options: Predictions and Prescriptions.” Presentation to the National Roundtable on
the Economy and the Environment, Ottawa.
“Uncertainty and Power Planning: The Strange Case of Vancouver Island” Annual Conference of
the Independent Power Producers Association of B.C., Vancouver.
“Coal Gasification and China’s Electricity Sector: Institutional and Regulatory Issues” International
Workshop on Coal Gasification in China, China Council for International Cooperation on
Environment and Development, Beijing.
“What Does Greenhouse Gas Reduction Cost?” Liu Centre, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver.
“Choosing Policies to Reduce GHGs in Canada,” National Research Council of Canada, Vancouver.
2002
“Greenhouse Gas Reduction Costs in Canada,” Special Public Forum Organized by the University of
Alberta Faculty of Business, Edmonton.
“Estimating the Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction,” Vancouver Board of Trade,
Vancouver.
45
“The Costs of Kyoto for Canada”, Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
“Policies for Long-Run Technological Change,” National Policy Research Conference and Canadian
Policy Research Awards, Ottawa.
“Changes in the Energy Sector: Issues for Local Government,” Greater Vancouver Regional District
Board Workshop on the Implications of Energy Restructuring, Vancouver.
“Cost of Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Navigating the Competing Cost Definitions and Uncertainties,”
C.D. Howe Institute Conference on From Kyoto to Regulation and Taxes: Competitiveness
and the Energy Industry, Calgary.
“BC’s Electricity Options and Natural Gas Electricity Generation on Vancouver Island,” Nanaimo
City Council, Nanaimo, B.C.
“BC’s Electricity Options,” Islands Trust Directors’ Meeting, Gambier Island, B.C.
“Offshore Hydrocarbons and Sustainable Energy: Oil and Water?” Maritime Awards Society of
Canada Offshore Symposium, Victoria.
“Competitive Electricity Markets and the Battle for Economic Rent,” Educational Conference of the
Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals, Whistler.
“Energy Policy and Independent Power in B.C.,” Conference of the Independent Power Association
of B.C. and the Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
2001
“Costing Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Don’t Forget People,” Invited Lecture, Chalmers Technical
University, Goteborg, Sweden.
“Les lecons de la deregulation en Californie”, Colloque International sur La Necessite de Nouvelles
Regulations Internationales Face aux Mutations Energetiques et Environmentales, Paris.
“The California Electricity Crisis: History and Lessons for China”, ”, Working Group on Energy
Strategies and Technologies, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and
Development, Kunming China.
“Lessons from California for the B.C. Electricity Sector”, Centre for Study of Government and
Business: U.B.C. and S.F.U, Vancouver.
“Defining Energy Sustainability: Thinking Outside the Box”, Annual International Conference of the
International Association of Energy Economics, Houston.
46
“Mobilizing Producers Toward Sustainability: The Renewable Portfolio Standard and the Vehicle
Emission Standard”, Conference on Building Canadian Capacity: Sustainable Production and
the Knowledge Economy, Ottawa.
“The Role of Environmental Tax Shifting in the Slate of Sustainability Policies”, 2nd Annual Global
Conference on Environmental Taxation, Vancouver.
“Energy Efficiency Indicators and Economic Efficiency in Asia-Pacific Economies”, Asia-Pacific
Energy Research Centre Annual Conference, Tokyo.
“What Would a Sustainable World Look Like? Dematerialization and Detoxification”, Invited
Speakers Series, Environment Canada, Ottawa.
2000
"Electricity Market Reforms Worldwide: Implications for China", Workshop on Polygeneration
Strategies, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development,
Beijing.
"Modelling Canadian Greenhouse Gas Emission Policies with the Canadian Integrated Modelling
System: Methods and Results", Public Workshop of the Climate Change Economic Analysis
Forum, Toronto.
"Basic Concepts of Environmental Tax Shifting", Workshop on Environmental Tax Shifting of
Northwest Environmental Watch and B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks,
Vancouver.
"Modelling Canadian Greenhouse Gas Emission Policies with the Canadian Integrated Modelling
System: Methods and Results", Public Workshop of the Climate Change Economic Analysis
Forum, Calgary.
"Renewable Portfolio Standard for Electricity: An Introductory Review", Presentation to the State
Development Planning Commission and the State Power Commission of China, Beijing.
"Prospects for Environmental Tax Shifting in British Columbia", B.C. Business Council, Vancouver.
1999
"Integration Modelling of the Issue Table Measures", Presentation to the Analysis and Modelling
Group and the Issue Tables Liaisons, Halifax.
"Competitive Natural Gas Markets and the Prospects for Bangladesh", International University for
Business, Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
"Progress Report on the National Climate Change Process and Methodology", Presentation to
ministry officials of the British Columbia government, Victoria.
47
"Micro-Modelling of Issue Table Measures", Presentation to the National Air Issues Coordinating
Committee, Ottawa.
"Micro-Modelling of Issue Table Measures", Presentation to the Analysis and Modelling Group and
the Issue Tables Liaisons, Toronto.
"The Canadian Integrated Modelling System: Application to the Integration of Issue Table Option
Papers in the National Implementation Strategy for Climate Change Policy." Presentation to
the Analysis and Modelling Group and the Issue Tables Liaisons, Edmonton.
"Modelling Tradable Permit Policies with the Canadian Integrated Modelling System." Climate
Change Economic Analysis Forum Workshop on Modelling Domestic Trading Options,
Edmonton.
"Policies for Commercialization of Renewable Energy Technologies: Relevance to China."
Workshop on Mechanisms for Commercialization of Biomass Technologies in China, China
Council on International Cooperation on Environment and Development, Changchun, China.
"Costs of CO2 Emission Reduction in Canada: Results from a Systems Simulation Model." Annual
International Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics, Rome.
"Challenges Ahead and Opportunities for Future Collaboratives." Technologies to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Conference, International Energy Agency and U.S. Department of
Energy, Washington.
"CO2 Emissions: The Long-Term Challenge." Canada's Energy Efficiency Conference, Natural
Resources Canada, Ottawa.
"Is Canada Becoming More Efficient? Ways to Measure Progress." Canada's Energy Efficiency
Conference, Natural Resource Canada, Ottawa.
"What are the Appropriate Models for Now and the Future for Assessing the Technical, Economic
and Achievable Potential of Technologies." Invited Workshop on Technology Issues and
Models of the Climate Change Economic Analysis Forum, Vancouver.
"Evaluating Measures to Reduce GHG Emissions in Canadian Municipalities." Presentation to the
Municipalities Table of the Canadian National Implementation Strategy, Victoria.
"Sustainable Energy and Urban Form in China: the Relevance of Community Energy Management."
Presentation to the China Council on International Cooperation on Environment and
Development, Shanghai.
"Improving the Link Between Academic Researchers and Policy Makers." Metropolis Conference,
Vancouver.
1998
48
"Evolution of Early Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emission in British Columbia." B.C. GHG
Forum, Vancouver.
"Who Regulates the Regulator? Reflections on Regulatory Power and Responsibility." XI
International Conference on Petroleum Economics, Quebec.
"Cost Curves of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Recapture." Invited Workshop of the
Climate Change Economic Analysis Forum, Ottawa.
"Federal vs. State / Provincial Jurisdiction in Electric Utility Regulation." (Panel Chair) Annual
Conference of the North American Branch of the International Association of Energy
Economics, Albuquerque
"Bridging the Gap between Performance-Based and Rate-of-Return Regulation: Recent
Developments in a North American Jurisdiction." Annual Conference of the North American
Branch of the International Association of Energy Economics, Albuquerque.
"Technology in Energy Modelling: Insights and Future Directions." Annual Conference of the North
American Branch of the International Association of Energy Economics, Albuquerque.
"Market Penetration and Potential." Climate Change Economic Analysis Forum, Aylmer, Quebec.
"Estimating Cost Curves for CO2 Emission Reductions in Canada with a Behaviourally Realistic and
Technologically Explicit Model." Analysis and Modelling Group of the National Climate
Change Process, Ottawa.
"The Movement Toward Greater Competition in Energy Markets." Workshop on Mechanisms of
Resource Allocation for Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector, China Council for
International Cooperation on Environment and Development, Beijing.
"Social Costing and Energy Planning." Workshop on Mechanisms of Resource Allocation for
Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector, China Council for International Cooperation
on Environment and Development, Beijing.
"Institutional and Market Strategies for Sustainable Energy Policies," Workshop on Mechanisms of
Resource Allocation for Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector, China Council for
International Cooperation on Environment and Development, Beijing.
"Community Energy Management and CO2 Emission Reduction." Municipalities Table of the
Canadian Government Climate Change Effort, Toronto.
“Simulating Evolution of Technology: An Aid to Energy Policy Analysis”, Annual Conference of
the International Association of Energy Economics, Quebec City.
49
“Technology Simulation Modelling and Aggregate Parameters for Price and Non-Price Induced
Interfactor Substitution” Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy
Economics, Quebec City.
“Community Energy Management in the Yukon.” Workshop for Yukon Mayors and Native Leaders,
Whitehorse, Yukon.
“Prospects for Electricity Market Reform in British Columbia.” Conference of the Independent
Power Producers’ Society of Alberta, Banff, Alberta.
“Sustainable Communities and Energy in the Yukon.” Presentation to the Yukon Chamber of
Commerce, Whitehorse, Yukon.
1998. “Estimating the Cost of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.” National Forum on Climate Change
(National Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment), Ottawa.
“The Convergence of Gas and Electricity: What Does It Mean for B.C.?” ENERGY 98 Conference
of the Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
“The Task Force on Electricity Market Reform in British Columbia”, ENERGY 98 Conference of
the Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
1997
“Decentralization of Electricity Regulation: the Canadian Experience”, International Workshop on
the Decentralization of Regulation in the Electrical Sector, Brazilia.
“The Task Force on Electricity Market Reform in British Columbia”, The Dawn of Customer Choice
Electricity Conference, Kelowna, B.C.
“Energy and Sustainability in the Yukon: Focus on Communities”, Public Lecture for the Yukon
Science Institute, Whitehorse, Yukon.
“An Energy Policy for the Yukon”, Presentation to deputy ministers, Whitehorse, Yukon.
“ISTUM: Model Capabilities and Assumptions.” Canadian Energy Research Institute Environment
Energy Modelling Forum, Ottawa.
“Capital Stock Turnover Rates and Timing of Emissions Abatement.” International Energy Agency
Seminar on Uncertainty and Energy Policy Choices, Paris.
“Canada’s Negotiating Position on Climate Change: An Economics Perspective.” Canadian Energy
Research Institute Conference on Canada’s Negotiating Position on Climate Change, Calgary.
“Electricity Market Reform in B.C.” Electrical Contractors Association of B.C., Vernon, B.C.
“Electricity Market Reform in B.C.” Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
50
“Can We Get There From Here? Pathways for Reducing Energy-Related CO2 Emissions”,
Workshop on Climate Change Analytic Studies, Environment Canada, Ottawa.
“A Quoi Ressemblera l’Industrie de l’Electricite au Canada et en Amerique du Nord?” Institute of
International Research Conference on the Restructuring of the Energy Sector in Quebec,
Montreal.
1996
“Alternative Dispute Resolution: “The Effect of ADR on the Role of Commissioners”, Canadian
Bar Association, Vancouver.
“Changing Role of Generation in Western Canada: Transitional Issues for a Canadian Utility
Regulator”, Electric Power Research Institute Conference on Distributed Resources,
Vancouver.
“Energy Service Companies: A Regulator’s View”, Natural Gas Industry Forum, Montreal.
“Competition and Electricity in British Columbia”, Presentation to the B.C. Electrical Association,
Vancouver.
"Dealing with Environmental and Social Considerations in Electric Industry Restructuring",
Conference on Electricity Market Restructuring of the International Bar Association, San
Francisco.
"Energy Regulation in British Columbia", Presentation to Delegation of Senior Utility Executives
and Energy Planners from Southern China, Vancouver.
"The Regulator's Perspective on Key Performance Indicators", National Energy Forum, Whistler,
B.C.
"The Relevance of Modelling for Policy Making: GHG Emission Reduction Analysis and
Strategies", International Energy Agency Seminar on CO2 Quantified Limitation and
Reduction Objectives, Paris.
"System Extension Policies in British Columbia", Annual Conference of the Canadian Association
of Members of Public Utility Tribunals, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
"The Role of the Economic Regulator in Meeting Current Challenges", Annual Conference of the
Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
"The Electricity Regulatory Regime in British Columbia", Presentation to Quebec Government
Officials, Montreal.
"Electricity Market Restructuring: the Implications for the Natural Gas Industry", Presentation to the
Board of Directors of the Canadian Gas Association, Victoria.
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1995
"The British Columbia Electricity Market Review", Energy 96: Conference of the Canadian Institute
of Energy, Vancouver.
"Changing Electricity Markets and the Implications for Electric Utility Regulation", Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers Conference on the Future of the Electric Power Industry in
Ontario, Toronto.
"The Electricity Market Review Report in British Columbia: An Overview", Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers Panel Session on Electricity Market Review, Vancouver.
"Energy Regulation in British Columbia", Presentation to Delegation of Senior Utility Executives
and Energy Planners from Southern China, Vancouver.
"Regulation in a Competitive Energy Market: What It Might Look Like", Dialogue II: Conference of
Regulators, Utilities and Customers, Whistler, B.C.
"Energy Markets and the Future for Canadian Energy Utilities", Conference on Markets, Regulation
and the Future for Canadian Energy Utilities, Whistler, B.C.
"Regulatory Institutions and Integrated Resource Planning", Public Consultation Process by the
Quebec Ministry of Energy, Montreal.
"Energy Market Restructuring and Regulatory Institutional Design", Keynote Advisor at Four Day
Workshop at the Sao Paulo State Ministry of Energy, Sao Paulo.
"The Power of Regulation", Annual Conference of the Canadian Electrical Association, Vancouver.
"Energy Utility Regulation and Competition in North America", Consultations on Energy Regulation
Between Regulators from Hungary and IEA Member Countries, Budapest.
1994
"Changing Rationales for Intervention in Electricity Markets", Energy 95: Conference of the
Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
"Experiences and Suggestions of a Regulator", Presentation to the Vancouver Branch of the
Administrative Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver.
"Innovations in Utility Regulation", Presented to Yukon Stakeholder Group on Energy Utility
Regulatory Reform, Whitehorse, Yukon.
"Regulation of Energy Utilities In British Columbia and Canada", Private Presentation to the
Minister of Mines and Energy, Brazilian Federal Government, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
52
"Regulator's Perspective on Strategic Load Growth", Third International Energy Efficiency and
DSM Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
"Who Will Distribute Energy Tomorrow?" National Debate on Energy and Environment, Marseille.
"Integrated Resource Planning: Where Are We?" Panel at the Sixth Natural Gas Industry Forum,
Quebec City, Quebec.
"Alternating Currents: The Changing Rationale for Government Intervention in Energy Markets",
Principles and Practices of Social Costing Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
"Externalities and Icebergs: Challenges of Bridging Environmental Science and Economic
Valuation", Principles and Practices of Social Costing Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
"Evolving Rationales for Government Intervention in Electricity Markets", Conference on Energy
Regulation and the Environment in North America, Mexico City.
"The Energy Utility Regulator's Perspective on Innovation, Sustainability and Competition",
Trinational Institute on Innovation, Competitiveness and Sustainability, Whistler, B.C.
"Market Failures and Energy Efficiency", Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Milan.
"Public Participation and the B.C. Utilities Commission", Energy and Public Participation
Conference, Vancouver.
"Energy Utility Regulation in Canada", Presentation to a Delegation of Energy Planners and
Managers from China, Vancouver.
1993
"Public Involvement in the Processes and Activities of the B.C. Utilities Commission", Conference
on Improving Public Interest Group Participation in Energy Planning, Vancouver.
"How Much Reliability is Enough?" 1994 Reliability and Risk Management Conference, BC Hydro,
Vancouver.
"What are the Emerging Imperatives of Electricity Markets and Electricity Regulation?" Opening
remarks to the Workshop on Trends in Electricity Markets and Regulatory Issues in B.C.,
Vancouver.
"The Internalization Project: Probing the Future of Environmental Externality Pricing to Foster
Sustainable Economies," The Electricity Club, Vancouver.
"Les Compagnies Electriques aux Etats-Unis et au Canada: Tendances Observees dans la Gestion et
le Controle Reglementaire," Conference on Les Variantes Institutionelles pour les Societes
d'Energie: Le Cas du Secteur Electrique, Institut de l'Energie des Pays ayant en Commun
l'Usage du Francais, Libreville, Gabon.
53
"Economic Instruments: the Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Development," Annual
Conference of the Canadian Association of Chemical Engineering, Ottawa.
"Integrated Resource Planning and Utilities," Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association
of Members of Public Utility Tribunals, Ottawa.
"Energy Planning and China: The Three Gorges Dilemma and the West," YMCA, Vancouver.
"A Hybrid Approach to Modelling Energy / Environment Policy Impacts," Energy 2020 Conference,
Ottawa.
"Problems and Prospects for the Application of Social Costing in British Columbia," Conference on
Social Costing: Towards a New Decision Making Framework, Whistler, B.C.
"Regulation of Energy Utilities in Canada: Where Do We Go >From Here?" Luncheon Address,
Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
"Sustainable Resource and Environmental Economics," Two-week lecture series to Chinese
university students, Central Institute of Nationalities, Beijing, China.
"Economic Instruments, Market Rules and the Environment," Keynote Speaker, Economic
Instruments Workshop, Society Promoting Environmental Conservation, B.C. and Canadian
Ministries of Environment, Vancouver.
1992
"Issues in Energy and Economic Development in British Columbia," Energy 93 Conference,
Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
"Innovation in Canadian Regulation: The Next Stage," Conference on Energy Technology Options
for the Twenty-First Century, McMaster Institute for Energy Studies, Hamilton.
"Understanding and Teaching About Industrial Energy Use," Conference on Global Energy
Education: 1992 and Beyond, Energy Educators of Ontario, Toronto.
"Regulation of Energy Utilities in Canada: Where Do We Go >From Here?" Conference on
Integrated Resource Planning: The Contribution of Natural Gas, Canadian Gas Association,
Montreal.
"The Employment Effects of Electricity Conservation: Case Study in British Columbia," Annual
Conference of the Canadian Electrical Association, Edmonton.
"Abatement Cost and Energy Resource Planning: Revealing Social Preferences," Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris.
54
"The 1991 Electricity Conservation Potential Review: The B.C. Industrial Sector," B.C. Hydro
Collaborative Committee, Vancouver.
"ISTUM: A Hybrid Simulation Model to Guide Energy / Environment Policy Analysis," Annual
Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics, Tours, France.
"ISTUM: A Hybrid Simulation Model to Guide Energy / Environment Policy Analysis," Annual
Conference of the Canadian Operations Research Society, Toronto.
"Energy Models to Serve Energy / Environment Policy Evaluation," Ontario Ministry of Energy,
Toronto.
1991
"Optimal Management of the Yukon Energy System," Yukon Council on the Economy and the
Environment, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
"Barriers: Achievable vs. Potential Gains," Presentation to the Conference Board of Canada
Workshop on the Potential for Energy Efficiency, Ottawa.
"Biodiversity and Economic Analysis," B.C. Public Interest Research Group Conference on
Biodiversity, Vancouver.
"Energy and Economic Development in China and the Greenhouse Effect," Pacific Rim Forum, BC
Institute of Technology, Vancouver.
1990
"Dilemmas of Electricity Production in Yunnan," Journal of Contemporary Asia Conference on
Politics, Economics and the Environment in Asia, Vancouver.
"Energy / Environment / Industry: Technological Simulation with the ISTUM-PC Model," 12th
Annual North American Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics,
Ottawa.
"Electricity Conservation Investment within Least Cost Planning," Presentation to the Energy
Workshop of the BC Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, Richmond, BC.
"Hydroelectric Development and River Basin Planning," Central Planning Bureau of the
Government of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.
"Hydroelectric Resources and Economic Development in Canada: Lessons for China," Central
Planning Bureau of the Government of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.
"The Prospects for the Diversion of the Long River into the Nu River in Yunnan, China,"
Hydroelectric Planning Division, Prefecture Planning Bureau, Baoshan, China
55
"Modelling Alternative Electricity Futures: Use of the ISTUM-PC Model," Guest lecture at the
Institute of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, University of Lund, Sweden.
"Market Economies and Environmental Protection," Guest lecture at the Czechoslovakian Ministry
of Environment, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
"Application of the ISTUM-PC Model for Energy / Environment Analysis," Guest lecture at the
Energy and Environment Research Division, International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
"The Role of Independent Power Producers in British Columbia," Panel Chair and presentation at
BC Hydro conference on Independent Power Production in the 90's, Vancouver.
"Economics and Sustainability: Methodological Challenges and Proposals," Presented at the
"Science, Assessment and Sustainability" annual conference of the International Association
for Impact Assessment, Vancouver.
1989
"Energy, the Environment and Market Failure," Conference presentation at the ENERGY 90
Conference of the Canadian Institute of Energy, Vancouver.
Invited to the US Department of Energy headquarters to lead workshop for government modellers
and data analysts on end-use modelling of industrial energy demand, Washington DC.
Speaker and chairperson of the economic forecasting panel at the 1989 BC Hydro Electricity
Forecasting Forum, Vancouver.
"Operations Research and the ISTUM-PC model," Invited lecture to the Canadian Operations
Research Society, Vancouver.
"Introduction to ISTUM-PC: Challenges and Applications for Industrial Energy Demand
Forecasting, Policy Analysis and Economic Research." 11th. Annual North American
Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics, Los Angeles.
Seminar to senior management at BC Hydro on the applications of the ISTUM-PC model for
forecasting, demand side management and price elasticity testing, Vancouver.
Presentation of the ISTUM-PC model, methodology and applications, to officials in the BC Ministry
of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria.
"Introduction to the ISTUM-PC model," Presentation to BC Hydro management, Vancouver.
1988
"Market Failure and the Economics of the Environment," Presented to the Kootenay Centre for a
Sustainable Future, Nelson, B.C.
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1986
"Methodological Developments in the Field of Energy Demand Forecast Modelling." Presentation
to the Manitoba Ministry of Energy and Mines, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
"The Last Decade of Modelling Industrial Energy Demand." Paper presented to the France-
England-Italian Conference on Energy Demand Modelling, Institute of Energy Economics and
Policy, Grenoble, France.
"Sources of Uncertainty and Long Run Energy Demand Forecast Modelling." Riso National
Laboratory, Denmark, 1986.
1982
"The Regulation of Energy Development in British Columbia." Paper presented to the Pacific
Northwest Conference on Energy and the Environment, Olympia, Washington.
1981
"The Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. Application to the CRTC for a Licence to provide
Satellite Radio and Television Services to Non-Metropolitan Canadians." Representation at
the CRTC Hearings, Ottawa, Ontario.
RESEARCH GRANTS / CONTRACTS
2016 - $8,000 – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions – For project of Brett Zuehlke.
2016 - $26,000 – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions – For project of Mikela Hein.
2016 - $25,000 – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions – 50% post-doctoral support for Rose
Murphy.
2016 - $179,000 – Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2015 - $25,000 – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions – 50% post-doctoral support for Rose
Murphy.
2015 - $242,000 – Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2014 - $233,000 – Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2014 - $80,000 – Carbon Management Canada Research Network (NSERC)
2013 - $10,000 – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions – For Emissions Report.
2013 - $30,000 – Carbon Management Canada Research Network (NSERC)
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2013 - $273,000 – Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2012 - $10,000 – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions – For Emissions Report.
2012 - $70,000 – Carbon Management Canada Research Network (NSERC)
2012 - $231,000 – Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2011 - $255,000.00 - Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2011 – $50,000 – Carbon Management Canada Research Network (NSERC)
2010 – $50,000 – Carbon Management Canada Research Network (NSERC)
2010 – $50,000 – Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)
2010 – $10,000 - University of Ottawa – Sustainable Prosperity Research & Policy Network
2010 - $12,000 – Science Horizons Youth Internship Program (Environment Canada)
2010 - $18,000 – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2010 - $260,000.00 - Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the Operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2009 - $18,000 – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2009 - $260,000.00 - Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the Operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2008 – $260,000 – Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the Operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2008 - $18,000 – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2007 – $289,000 – Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the Operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2007 - $18,000 – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2006 – $496,000 – Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
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2005 – $435,000 – Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2004 – $350,000 – Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2003 – $350,000 – Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2002 – $300,000 – Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations – For the operation of CIEEDAC and related research.
2001 - $290,000 - Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations - For the operation of CIEEDAC.
2000 - $120,000 - Analysis and Modelling Group of the National Climate Change Process -
Integrate, using the CIMS model, the analysis of all the Issue Tables.
2000 - $310,000 - Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada and Canadian Industry
Associations - For the operation of CIEEDAC.
2000 - $20,000 (approximately) - SSHRC - share of annual $1 mill. MCRI grant for student funding
and research support as one of 16 co-investigators at UBC, SFU and UVic on Georgia Basin
Futures Project
1999 - $200,000 - Analysis and Modelling Group of the National Climate Change Process -
Integrate, using the CIMS model, the analysis of all the Issue Tables.
1999 - $50,000 - Forestry Table of the National Climate Change Process.
1999 - $50,000 - Municipalities Table of the National Climate Change Process.
1999 - $60,000 - Environment Canada- For the operation of CIEEDAC.
1999 - $190,000 - Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Industry Associations - For the operation
of CIEEDAC.
1999 - $20,000 (approximately) - SSHRC - share of annual $1 mill. MCRI grant for student funding
and research support as one of 16 co-investigators at UBC, SFU and UVic on Georgia Basin
Futures Project
1998 - $18,000 - Centra Gas Ontario - Estimation of energy efficiency potential in Ontario.
1998 - $30,000 - Greater Vancouver Regional District - Development and application of a
transportation energy use model.
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1998 - $65,000 - Natural Resources Canada - Special energy efficiency and greenhouse gas analyses.
1998 - $185,000 - Natural Resources Canada and Canadian Industry Associations - For the operation
of CIEEDAC
1998 - $20,000 (approximately) - SSHRC - share of annual $1 mill. MCRI grant for student funding
and research support as one of 16 co-investigators at UBC, SFU and UVic on Georgia Basin
Futures Project
1997 - $20,000 - Energy Planning in the Yukon - Developing a sustainable energy plan for the
Yukon cabinet committee on Energy.
1997 - $75,000 - Natural Resources Canada - For the operation of CIEEDAC.
1997 - $7,000 - B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks - Evaluation of options for reform
of water utility regulation in B.C.
1997 - $10,000 - B.C. Ministry of Employment and Investment - Analysis of ecotax reform
prospects in B.C.
1997 - $20,000 - B.C. Greenhouse Gas Forum - Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential in the
Residential, Commercial and Industrial Sectors.
1997 - $35,000 - Natural Resources Canada - Various energy analysis projects, especially related to
energy efficiency, fuel switching and greenhouse gas emissions.
1997 - $25,000 - Consumers’ Gas Inc. - Analysis of Energy Efficiency Potential for Natural Gas
Consumption in Ontario.
1996 - $75000 - Natural Resources Canada - Industrial Energy End-Use Analysis and Conservation
Potential in Six Major Industries in Canada.
1996 - $75000 - Natural Resources Canada - For the operation of CIEEDAC.
1995 - $10000 - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment - For the operation of
CIEEDAC.
1995 - $75000 - Natural Resources Canada - For the operation of CIEEDAC.
1995 - $33000 - Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy - Full economy simulation of
CO2 emission reduction policies in Ontario.
1994 - $3000 - B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources - For the operation of
CIEEDAC.
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1994 - $25000 - Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation - For the operation of
CIEEDAC.
1994 - $75000 - Natural Resources Canada - For the operation of CIEEDAC.
1993 - $20000 - Saskatchewan Energy Conservation Authority - Application of ISTUM model to
Saskatchewan for energy / environment planning and policy analysis.
1993 - $50000 - Energy, Mines and Resources Canada - For the continuing development of
CIEEDAC.
1993 - $20000 - Energy, Mines and Resources Canada - For the establishment of an independent
database centre called the Canadian Industrial Energy End-Use Data and Analysis Centre
(CIEEDAC).
1993 - $21800 - British Columbia Energy Council - For the development of a functional user
interface for previously developed sectoral models.
1993 - $46250 - British Columbia Energy Council - For the construction of sectoral models
representing B.C. energy consumption.
1992 - $13000 - McMaster University Energy Policy Research Program and the Ontario Ministry of
Energy - For applying the ISTUM model to greenhouse gas emission modelling in Ontario.
1992 - $9000 - Energy, Mines and Resources Canada - For extending the ISTUM model to cover
70% of Canadian industrial energy consumption.
1992 - $5000 - Forest Economics and Policy Analysis, University of British Columbia - For
assessing the effects of environmental regulations on technological change and costs of
production of the B.C. pulp and paper industry.
1992 - $15000 - Science Council of British Columbia - To simulate effluent reduction technologies
in the B.C. pulp and paper industry.
1992 - $8000 - B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources - Co-op funding for the
summer placement at S.F.U. of a researcher on energy supply modelling in B.C.
1991 - $100000 - B.C. Hydro - For estimating the technical and economic potential for electricity
conservation in the B.C. industrial sector.
1991 - $10000 - West Kootenay Power and Light - For estimating the technical and economic
potential for electricity conservation potential in the industrial sector.
1991 - $7000 - McMaster University Energy Policy Research Program - For applying the ISTUM
model to greenhouse gas emission modelling in Ontario.
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1991 - $10000 - Yukon Department of Economic Development - For preparing a background public
information document on issues in energy system planning.
1991 - $8500 - Simon Fraser University - President's Research Grant for extension of the ISTUM
model to other parts of Canada.
1991 - $7500 - Energy, Mines and Resources Canada and B.C. Hydro - Share of a $100000 contract
to simulate the effect of greenhouse gas emission taxes on Canadian industry; output included
delivery of a working model to the Government of Canada and a paper for presentation at the
1992 World Energy Conference.
1991 - $5000 - B.C. Hydro - For research into methods of evaluating electricity conservation
programs in the commercial sector.
1991 - $2000 - B.C. Hydro - For research into the methodological and empirical issues of the
rebound effect of electricity conservation programs.
1991 - $15000 - B.C. Ministry of Environment - Share of a $300000 environmental research fund,
devoted to least-cost solutions to reducing B.C. pulp mill organo-chlorine effluents.
1991 - $5000 - University of B.C. Forest Economics and Policy Analysis Research Unit - For
research into the effects of structural change, environmental regulation and changing energy
policy on the cost of production of B.C. pulp and paper mills.
1990 - $42900 - B.C. Hydro and BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources -
Extension of the ISTUM-PC model to the entire BC industrial sector.
1989 - $3000 - US Dep. of Energy - Workshop on modelling industrial energy demand, Washington
DC.
1989 - $16355 - BC Hydro - Employment impacts of BC Hydro's electricity conservation programs.
1989 - $6800 - BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources - Extending ISTUM-PC
process flow models to other industrial branches in BC.
1989 - $22671 - BC Hydro - Preparing the ISTUM-PC model for adoption by BC Hydro: including
production of User Guide, programming, debugging, data collection and preparation of the
1990-2010 load forecast.
1989 - $10000 - BC Hydro - Assessing the electricity cogeneration potential in the BC pulp and
paper industry.
1989 - $6500 - Science Council - Research in electricity cogeneration in BC.
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1988 - $6600 - Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources - Using the ISTUM-PC model
for forecasting energy demand in the pulp and paper industry with a natural gas pipeline to
Vancouver Island.
1988 - $4160 - Simon Fraser University - President's Research Grant for development of the
ISTUM-PC model.
1988 - $3200 - BC Hydro - Development of the ISTUM-PC model and application to the BC pulp
and paper industry.
TEACHING
Academic Course Title
Year Number
2016-17 Sabbatical
2015-16 REM 350 Energy and Materials Sustainability
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 698 Field Trip for New REM Students
2014-15 REM 350 Energy and Materials Sustainability
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
2013-14 REM 350 Energy and Materials Sustainability
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
2012-13 REM 350 Energy and Materials Sustainability
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
2011-12 REM 350 Energy and Materials Sustainability
REM 802 PHD Methods Course
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
2010-11 Sabbatical
2009-10 REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 658 Energy and Materials System Modelling
2008-09 REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 658 Energy and Materials System Modelling
2007-08 REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 802 Seminar for REM PhD students
2006-07 REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
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REM 658 Energy and Materials System Modelling
2005-06 Sabbatical
2004-05 REM 621 Ecological Economics
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 658 Energy and Materials System Modelling
2003-04 REM 621 Ecological Economics
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 802 Seminar for REM PhD Students
2002-03 REM 621 Ecological Economics
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 658 Energy and Materials System Modelling
2001-02 REM 621 Ecological Economics
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 658 Energy and Materials System Modelling
2000-01 REM 621 Ecological Economics
REM 644 Environmental Policy
REM 650 Energy and Materials Management and Policy
REM 658 Energy and Materials Systems Modelling
1999-20 Sabbatical
1998-99 REM 621 Natural Resource Economics
REM 644 Environmental Policy
REM 650 Energy Management and Policy
REM 658 Energy Systems Modelling
1997-98 REM 650 Energy Management and Policy
REM 802 Institutional Design
REM 621 Natural Resource Economics (while on 50% leave)
REM 658 Energy Systems Modelling
1996-97 REM 621 Natural Resource Economics (shared teaching while on leave)
REM 650 Energy Management and Policy (while on leave)
REM 658 Energy Systems Modelling (while on leave)
1995-96 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics (shared teaching while on leave)
1994-95 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics (shared teaching while on leave)
MRM 650 Energy Management and Policy (while on leave)
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1993-94 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics (shared teaching while on leave)
MRM 650 Energy Management and Policy (while on leave)
1992-93 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics (shared teaching while on leave)
1991-92 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics
MRM 698 Introductory Field Trip
MRM 650 Energy Management and Policy
MRM 658 Energy Systems Modelling
1990-91 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics
MRM 650 Energy Management and Policy
MRM 658 Energy Systems Modelling
1989-90 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics
MRM 650 Energy Management and Policy
MRM 661 Special Topics: Energy Systems Modelling
MRM 651 Project Evaluation
1988-89 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics
MRM 650 Energy Management and Policy
BUS 307 Intermediate Microeconomics
1987-88 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics
MRM 642 Regional Planning
MRM 644 Public Policy
1986-87 MRM 621 Natural Resource Economics
MRM 644 Public Policy
MRM 661 Special Topics: Energy Systems Modelling
SUPERVISION
1. Current graduate student supervision
Stephen Healey (PhD) Anita Sun
Brett Zuehlke Mikela Hein
Morgan Braglewicz
2. Senior supervisor of graduated masters and PhD students.
2016 Kaitlin Boyd Lejla Uzicanin
Katya Rhodes (PhD) Tiffany Vass
Anusha Baji
2015 James Hoffele
2014 Maxi Kniewasser
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2013 Jeremy Moorehouse Rose Murphy (PhD)
2012 Adam Beylin-Stern Sally Rudd
Kristin Lutes
2011 Nic Rivers (PhD)
2010 Caroline Lee Jodie Capling
2009 Suzanne Goldberg Michael Wolinetz
Steven Groves
2008 Nygil Goggins Bill Tubbs
Katherine Muncaster Noel Melton
2007 Dale Beugin Jillian Mallory
2006 Jonn Axsen Jotham Peters
2005 Paulus Mau Jacqueline Sharp
2004 Chris Bataille (PhD) Jimena Eyzaguirre
Kevin Tu
2003 Maggie Tisdale Nic Rivers
Matt Horne Margo Dennis
Averil Lamont
2002 Kevin Washbrook
2001 Roberto D’Abate Alison Laurin
2000 Timo Makinen (MBA/MRM) Rose Murphy
1999 Dean Luciuk Jeremy Higham
Rob Lockhart Amy Taylor
1998 Chris Bataille Mallika Nanduri
Bryn Sadownik
1997 John Nyboer (PhD) Andrew Pape
Kristan Boudreau
1996 Cathy Strickland
1995 Lee Failing Hao Liu
1994 Alison Bailie Jim Fraser
1993 Eric Brandsma
1992 Jan Campfens
1991 John Nyboer Timo Makinen
Allan Fogwill David Sims
1990 Daryl Tremain
1989 Peggy Frank
1988 Frank Bohlken
1987 Nancy Esler
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARMENT COMMITTEES SERVED
- REM Director 2015-2016
- FENV Dean’s Advisory Council 2015-2016
- REM Teaching Load Committee 2015-2016
- REM SSHRC Scholarship Ranking Representative - 2015
- REM 35th Anniversary Committee
- SFU Faculty of Environment Dean Search Committee - 2013
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- REM Speaker Series Committee – 2010 – present
- REM Departmental Tenure Committee, 2011 – present
- REM SSHRC Scholarship Ranking Representative - 2011
- Faculty Search Committee – 2010
- REM PhD Comprehensive Examining Committee, 2006 - 2010
- REM Space Committee, 2006 - 2008
- REM Departmental Tenure Committee, 2006 - 2010
- REM Space Committee, Sept.2003 – 2005
- REM Co-op Director, Sept.2004 -
- REM External Evaluation Committee, Sept. 2002 - 2003
- REM Breath Comprehensive Examination Committee, Sept. 2000 - 2005
- REM Graduate Studies Committee, Sept. 2001 – Aug. 2002
- Chair, REM Faculty Search Committee (Environmental Planner), 2001
- REM Departmental Tenure Committee, Sept. 2000 – Sept. 2001
- REM Space Committee, Sept. 2001 – Aug. 2002
- Chair, REM Graduate Studies Committee, June. 1998 - Sept. 1999.
- Chair, REM Faculty Search Committee (Resource Economist), 1998.
- REM Graduate Studies Committee, Sept. 1991 - Sept. 1992.
- Chair, REM Graduate Studies Committee, Sept. 1990 - Sept. 1991.
- Chair, REM Space Allocation Committee, Sept. 1986 - Dec. 1990.
- Acting Chair, REM Co-op Program, summer 1990.
- Acting Chair, REM Graduate Studies Committee, 3 weeks in 1989.
- Acting REM Program Director, 6 weeks in 1989.
- REM Executive Committee, September 1986 - present.
- REM Graduate Admissions Committee, Sept. 1986 - present.
- REM Departmental Tenure Committee, Sept. 1988 - 1992.
- REM Scholarship Ranking Committee, Sept. 1986 - 1991.
- REM Search Committee for Tourism Director, 1987 - 1988.
- REM Search Committee for Forestry Faculty Position, 1989.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Editorial Board, Energy Policy, 2013 - present
Editorial Board, The Energy Journal, 1997 – present
Editorial Board, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 2005 - 09
Program Chair, Annual Conference: International Association of Energy Economics, 2002.
Editorial Board, Energy Studies Review, 2001 - 2007