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Welcome to my site. I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary where I work on electricity markets, climate policy and energy transitions. I tend to use empirical methods to evaluate policy effectiveness and better understand consumer and firm behaviour.
- Increased Market Markup
- History of Power Purchase Agreements
- Facing Down Utility Bills
The companies went from making about $9/MWh as their market markup in 2020, to making $35/MWh in 2021, said Shaffer. His team determined this by creating a model to measure what prices would have been if all the companies simply bid at cost. "There's a lot of finger pointing as to the reasons behind the high power prices. This shows that some of th...
In the early 2000s, Alberta had what most other provinces in Canada have — a vertically integrated utility system, meaning one entity does everything from generate the power, to move it around, deliver it to your home and bill you. Then the province decided to introduce market forces to electricity generation. Shaffer said the problem was that thre...
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Blake Shaffer is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. His work focusses on electricity markets, climate policy and energy transitions. He uses empirical methods to evaluate policy effectiveness and better understand consumer and firm behaviour.
Blake Shaffer 2 B.Sc. (Hons) Environmental Sciences, Queen’s University, 1995–2000 Honours Thesis: Mine Reclamation in the Canadian Arctic: An Analysis of Policy Alternatives Graduated with 1st class distinction Exchange year, University of Melbourne, 1997 Received letter of distinction in Philosophy Employment University of Calgary
Blake Shaffer, David Houle, Mark Purdon (2016). The Political Economy of Free Allocations in Revenue Recycling: Six Position Papers on the Options for Recycling Carbon Pricing Revenue . Ecofiscal Commission. PDF Cite. Blake Shaffer (2016). Lifting the hood on Alberta’s royalty review . School of Public Policy Briefing Paper. PDF Cite.
Blake Shaffer is an energy and environmental economist working at the intersection of electricity markets and climate policy. He uses empirical methods to evaluate policy effectiveness and better understand consumer and firm behaviour.
University of Calgary, Canada - Cited by 686 - environmental and energy economics - electricity markets - climate policy
