Each year, CEEPR hosts two Energy and Environmental Policy Research Workshops in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Partnering with the Florence School of Regulation (FSR), CEEPR also convenes an annual Energy Policy Conference in Florence, Italy.

Attendance at these events is by invitation only, and the proceedings are subject to Chatham House rules.

An established format and the continuity of participation from CEEPR Associates deepen the quality of the discussion and afford our faculty and research affiliates insights that help shape the ongoing research agenda and sustain its relevance. CEEPR Associates have access to presentation slides and video recordings from past meetings. The most recent past workshop is highlighted below, and older events are archived beneath it. Clicking on a past event will open the tab with the available workshop materials.

Upcoming CEEPR Workshops and Conferences

2026 Fall CEEPR Research Workshop

Thursday and Friday
December 10-11, 2026
Washington, DC

Research Workshops Archive

2026

2026 EUI FSR – MIT CEEPR Annual Conference on Energy and Climate Policy | 2026-10-7 | Florence, Italy

General Materials



Session 1: Electricity Markets Under Strain: Investing in Reliable and Flexible Capacity

  • Rethinking Support Schemes Coordination: Cross-border, Cross-product? by Emma Menegatti and Leonardo Meeus, FSR

  • 🔒 Document

  • Electricity Market Design and Negative Prices by Michael Pollitt, University of Cambridge

  • 🔒 Document


Session 2: Carbon Markets at a Crossroads: Looking Back and Looking Forward

  • Carbon Markets at a Crossroads: Looking Back and Looking Forward by Simone Borghesi, FSR

  • 🔒 Document

  • Managing Scarcity in Carbon Markets Price-based Supply Adjustment Mechanisms by Marie Raude, FSR

  • 🔒 Document

  • Comments by Catherine Wolfram, MIT

  • 🔒 Document

  • Interoperability of Carbon Markets: Insights from Two Decades of Integration Efforts by Michael Mehling, MIT

  • 🔒 Document


Session 3: Mobilizing Capital for Low-Carbon Power: Risk, Contracts, and Public Commitment

  • Can Contracts Carry the Transition? Credible Commitment for Markets, Governments and Investors by Lena Kitzing, FSR

  • 🔒 Document

  • Financing New Nuclear Build by John Parsons, MIT

  • 🔒 Document


Session 4: POLICY ROUNDTABLE: Securing Critical Mineral Supply Chains for the Energy Transition

  • Critical Minerals and their Impact on Energy Transition and Data Center Rollout by Richard Roth, MIT

  • 🔒 Document

  • CRM Supply Resilience: Instruments and Coordination by Marzia Sesini, FSR

  • 🔒 Document

  • Securing Critical Mineral Supply Chains for the Energy Transition - Batteries by Peter Handley, European Initiative for European Security

  • 🔒 Document

  • International Partnerships for CRM Supply Security by Irina Patrahau, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

  • 🔒 Document


Session 5: Powering AI: Demand Growth, Reliability, and Grid Constraints

  • Powering AI: Demand Growth, Reliability, and Grid Constraints by Ellen Beckstedde, FSR

  • 🔒 Document

  • Supplying Electricity to Hyperscale Data Centers in the U.S. by Paul Joskow, MIT

  • 🔒 Document


Session 6: POLICY ROUNDTABLE: Rising Bills and the Politics of Energy Affordability

  • POLICY ROUNDTABLE: Rising Bills and the Politics of Energy Affordability by Christopher Knittel, MIT

  • 🔒 Document

  • Clara Polletti, FSR (no slides used)

  • Karen Trant, CEER (no slides used)

  • Rosalinde Van der Vlies, DG ENER (no slides used)



2026 Spring MIT CEEPR Research Workshop | 2026-05-20 | Cambridge, MA