Tarufelli Examines State's Demand Response Potential
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A new white paper, released in June by LSU Center for Energy Studies Assistant Professor Brittany Tarufelli analyzes a method regional electrical utilities can use to better meet Louisiana’s surging industrial energy demands.
In “Foundations for an Intelligent Energy Future: Demand Response Potential in Louisiana,” Tarufelli’s analysis focuses on how Louisiana can best apply demand response, a method for electricity utilities to communicate with and incentivize industrial customers to shift peak energy consumption away from utilities’ peak demand periods. The paper highlights numerous benefits Louisiana can reap by increasing participation in demand response programs. These include minimizing spikes in energy demand and corresponding prices, reducing the risk of blackouts and energy transmission congestion; and enabling utilities to leverage current energy production facilities rather than build new power plants.
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Nehiba Reviews La.'s Transportation System, Energy Policies
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Louisiana’s highway system consistently ranks poorly in traffic congestion, air pollution, accidents, and road conditions. Cities are burdened with immense levels of congestion relative to their size and population. The state experiences above-average traffic fatalities per vehicle mile traveled: Almost 800 lives were lost in collisions in the state in 2018. The pavement quality within the state is among the worst in the nation, and air pollution, while improving, is still a cause for concern.
In a new white paper, LSU Center for Energy Studies Assistant Professor Cody Nehiba examines the status of Louisiana’s transportation system and transportation energy policies. He develops policy recommendations for improving Louisiana's transportation network that align the private costs of driving with the full social costs of driving, which include the costs of pollution, congestion, accidents, and road damage.
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Upton, Richardson Submit Mineral Revenues Recommendations
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Professors Gregory B. Upton, LSU Center for Energy Studies, and James A. Richardson, LSU Public Administration Institute, have authored the report “Mineral Revenues in Louisiana,” prepared in response to Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 of the 2018 second extraordinary session.The report is a continuation of work from the Task Force on Structural Changes in Budget and Tax Policy created by House Concurrent Resolution 11 of the first extraordinary session of 2016.
In the report, Upton and Richardson take a broad and long-term look at Louisiana’s severance tax system. After having met with public and private stakeholders, reviewing the literature on the taxation of oil and gas, and analysis of statistical information, they have prepared recommendations on how the legislature might simplify the tax system, as well as general information and analysis to aid in policy decisions.
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Dismukes to Serve Fourth Term on NPC
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette has invited CES Executive Director and Professor David Dismukes to continue serving as a member of the National Petroleum Council. The new term spans 2020-2021. Dismukes is one of several members invited to represent the views of academic institutions with energy and environmental curricula. Dismukes has served on the NPC since 2017. Prior to Dismukes' appointment, former Executive Director Allan Pulsipher represented the Center on the Council for several years.
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Created by President Truman in 1946 to continue industry and government cooperation that began during World War II, the NPC is a self-funded advisory body whose members represent all sectors of the oil and gas industries and related interests. Members provide the Secretary of Energy advice, information, and recommendations on oil and natural gas industry issues. Recent studies undertaken by the NPC include “Meeting the Dual Challenge: A Roadmap to At-Scale Deployment of Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage” and “Dynamic Delivery: America’s Evolving Oil and Natural Gas Transportation Infrastructure.”
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Kaiser Coauthors New Edition of Petroleum Refining Text
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CES Professor Mark Kaiser has coauthored a new edition of the book
Petroleum Refining: Technology, Economics, and Markets (CRC Press, 2020). Written for refining professionals, as well a general audience, the text examines the primary economic and market characteristics of the industry and describes the inputs and outputs of refining.
The text explains that, due to technological advances, the many products of modern refineries—fuels for heating and transportation, chemicals, lubricants, and other products—while vastly different from the products of the past, remain relatively inexpensive because of continued technological advances and the efficiency of transportation systems and supply chains. Markets for refined products have developed globally because fuel specifications throughout the world are fairly uniform. And the fact that the refined products are in liquid form makes them cheaper to ship overseas—only a few dollars per barrel—far less than the sales price of the products.
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This sixth edition of
Petroleum Refining: Technology, Economics, and Markets updates and expands the previous edition to reflect new technologies, methods, and topics. Significant changes include a new discussion on the business and economics of refining, cost estimation and complexity, crude origins and properties, fuel specifications, and updates on technology, process units, and catalysts.
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DID YOU KNOW?
CES faculty have been quoted in media outlets more
than 30 times
during the first half of this busy news year.
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2020-2021 Scholarships Awarded
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The Center for Energy Studies recently awarded scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year to three LSU students pursuing energy-related fields of study and careers. The Center congratulates our scholarship recipients and wishes them well as they continue their studies.
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LMOGA/Brooksher Scholarship
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Kelly Robertson, a senior majoring in chemical engineering, from Alexandria, La.
“I am so grateful to the Center of Energy Studies for this scholarship. Especially emerging from the pandemic, this scholarship will be an enormous help to me as I continue my academic career pursing a degree in chemical engineering and pursuing a career in the energy industry.”
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F. Malcolm Hood Scholarship
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Felix Rodrigue, a junior majoring in electrical engineering, from Slidell, La.
“Winning the Malcolm Hood Scholarship is a huge honor. It is very helpful in reducing the financial burdens of college and allows me to further focus on earning my degree in electrical engineering.”
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GCPA emPOWERing Women Scholarship
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Tiffany Aucoin, a junior majoring in coastal environmental science, from Berwick, La.
“I am honored to be selected by the LSU Center for Energy Studies committee to be awarded the GCPA emPOWERing Women scholarship. The generous support provided by the GCPA has lifted some of the financial burden that comes with receiving the skills for a higher education. As a first generation, non-traditional student, I have met and overcome many challenges. Being recognized by the Center for Energy Studies committee for my first scholarship reinforces my confidence that with enormous dedication and belief in yourself, you will succeed. Thank you to everyone involved; I truly feel emPOWERed with this opportunity granted to me.”
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Hamideh Named RSO Manager-Operations
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In April, Amin M. Hamideh was named manager-operations in the Radiation Safety Office (RSO). Hamideh, who has been employed as a radiation specialist by the RSO since 2013, received his master’s degree in health physics from LSU, passed Part I of the Certified Health Physicist examination, and became a Certified Laser Safety Officer during his tenure at the RSO.
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Pandemic Impacts Fall Events Schedule
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In accordance with current University policy related to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Center has scheduled no on-site meetings or conferences for the summer or fall, at this time. Certain events, such as the launch of the Gulf Coast Energy Outlook, will likely take place virtually. Energy Summit, which has always taken place in the fall, was already scheduled to be held in Spring 2021, in an effort to avoid scheduling conflicts with other energy-related fall events. Whether Energy Summit will be held virtually will be determined at a later date.
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