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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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LSU Center for Energy Studies Releases Transportation, Energy Policy Report
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.
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.
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