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SUMMARY:EARTH MONTH: Public Utility and the Low-Carbon Future
DESCRIPTION:Presented by William Boyd\, Visiting Professor\, University of Colorado Boulder School of Law \nSubstantial reductions in global power sector emissions will be needed by midcentury to avoid significant disruption of the climate system. Achieving these reductions will require greatly increased levels of financing\, technological innovation\, and policy reform. In the United States\, the scale and complexity of the overall challenge have raised important questions regarding prevailing regulatory and business models\, with much scrutiny directed at the traditional practice of public utility regulation. Recognizing the many valid criticisms leveled against public utility regulation and the important questions raised about the viability of traditional utility business models\, particularly in the face of substantial growth in distributed energy resources\, this talk argues that a revitalized and expanded notion of public utility has a critical role to play in efforts to decarbonize the power sector in the United States. The talk will trace the history of public utility (in concept and practice) over the last century\, the problems embedded in current regulatory and business models\, and the prospects for reforming such models in the face of rapid technological change and growing decarbonization imperatives. The central claim is that the overall scale\, complexity\, and sequencing of investments needed to decarbonize the power sector over the coming decades (however it comes to be organized) calls for a broad notion of public utility that draws from earlier understandings of the concept and provides an important foundation for efforts to govern a power system that is increasingly complex\, participatory\, and intelligent\, and for managing the sustained\, collective effort to channel investment and behavior in ways necessary to realize a low-carbon future. \nThe talk will draw from a recent paper and some ongoing work. The paper is here if people are interested: Public Utility and the Low Carbon Future\, 61 UCLA L. Rev.1614 (2014). \n 
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SUMMARY:EARTH MONTH:  Fracking and Our Water
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the Hammer Museum at UCLA \nFracking is both demonized and praised almost daily in the media\, leaving most Americans confused. We strive to bring some clarity to this divisive issue by bringing together scientists and policy makers to tease out the facts about the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the quality and quantity of the nation’s water. Panelists: Jonathan Bishop\, California State Water Resources Control Board; water treat­ment engineer Subir Bhattacharjee; Stanford environmental scientist Robert Jackson; and Damon Nagami\, director of the Southern California Ecosystems Project at the NRDC. Moderated by Mark Gold\, acting director\, UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability \nWATCH LIVE\n \nTHE NEXT WAVE: QUALITY\, QUANTITY\, AND ACCESSIBILITYOF WATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY\nThroughout 2015 the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Hammer explore the most pressing issues surrounding the current and future state of water. \nALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets for assigned seating in the Billy Wilder Theater are required and available at the Box Office one hour before each program. Early arrival is recommended. Tickets are available one per person on a first come\, first served basis. As a benefit for their support\, members enjoy priority ticketing and seat selection\, subject to availability. \nParking is available under the museum for a flat fee of $3 after 6PM. \nAll Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from the Dream Fund atUCLA. \nGenerous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy\, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley\, an anonymous donor\, and all Hammer members.
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LOCATION:Hammer Museum
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