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The Center for Energy Studies (CES) is mandated to provide energy information and analysis that responds to the needs of the legislature, public agencies, and business and civic groups. The Center maintains some unique energy data bases and is the official repository of energy information from the state and The Energy Council. Staff respond regularly to requests from a wide variety of individuals and institutions for specialized energy data and information.
CES comprises the following units:
- Louisiana Geological Survey
- Radiation Safety Office
- Minerals Processing Research Division
- Oil Spill Research and Development Division
- Energy Information and Data Division
- Policy Analysis Division
- Research and Development Division
Other units affiliated with CES:
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2020 Analysis Released: Meeting Louisiana’s Rising Industrial Energy Demands through
Demand Response
A new white paper 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.
LSU Researchers Submit La. Mineral Revenues Recommendations
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.
Gulf Coast Energy Outlook 2020 Available
The LSU Center for Energy Studies and the E. J. Ourso College of Business hosted a kickoff event on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, to release the 2020 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook. The 2020 GCEO examines trends in upstream oil and gas activity, transportation infrastructure and bottlenecks, and downstream investments in refining and petrochemicals. Energy sector-specific employment forecasts are also provided.
David E. Dismukes, executive director and professor, LSU Center for Energy Studies; Dek Terrell, professor, LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business; and Gregory B. Upton, Jr., assistant professor, LSU Center for Energy Studies, authored the report.
2020-21 Louisiana Economic Outlook Released
LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business Professor Emeritus of Economics Loren Scott unveiled
the 2020-21 Louisiana Economic Outlook (LEO) at The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report’s
annual Top 100 Luncheon, held Sept. 24, 2019.
The LEO shows job growth picking up over the next two years after a slow period in 2018-19 and estimates that the state will add 53,800 jobs over 2020-21, surpassing the 2 million-job mark annually for the first time in its history.
Greg Upton, assistant professor-research at the Center for Energy Studies, contributed to the LEO. Read the full press release.
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