Category: Oliver

Curtailment 101: Understanding the Basic Economic Trade-Offs

Listen to the Curtailment 101 podcast: Created with Google NotebookLM, May 16th, 2025 EPIcenter affiliates Gaurav Doshi and Matthew Oliver’s article in The Energy Forum discusses the why grid operators occasionally curtail wind and solar output when transmission capacity is insufficient or demand is low, and the economic and environmental impacts of these decisions. Congestion-based curtailment […]

Meet the Expert: Matthew Oliver

Master of the rebound — Economist Matthew Oliver measures the sometimes concealed costs of pivoting to clean energy Students in Matthew Oliver’s economics of environment and international energy markets classes likely don’t have a clue about his unusual journey to the lectern: “I was bent on being a rock and roll musician from the time […]