03/25/2025

Introducing Member Perspectives

USAEE NEWSLETTER | SPRING 2025

BY MICHAEL C. LYNCH

Younger members of the USAEE bring many advantages to the organization, including an openness to new ideas without being wedded to previous theories and concepts, as well as familiarity with new analytical methods. But that said, older members have two specific advantages that this series will exploit, including in the first please simply having lived through many developments in energy economics and policies, but also, having many more years in which to read and analyze energy matters.

This series will feature short pieces by USAEE members from a variety of backgrounds and interests and ask them to address both important questions in energy economics and policies, but additionally, their own experiences with the USAEE (and IAEE more generally), the things they have learned, the people they have met and even pleasant experiences during gatherings. The intent will be to allow for some useful reminiscing as well as providing some guidance to younger members about how best to exploit their membership to advance their personal knowledge and careers.

READ THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IN THIS SERIES, PROVIDED BY MEMBER TROY N. THOMPSON

Suggestions for authors, topics and questions are welcomed but the intent is not to engage in specific debates over policies or theories, and personality clashes will not pass the editing process. (There are many other venues for such.) We trust the coming months will see a lot of interesting  memories, discussions, and debates.

Michael C. Lynch is the president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research and is a distinguished fellow at the Energy Policy Research Institute.