Publications

Grimley, Matthew, Anna Giesting, Sarah Komoroski, Gabriel Chan. 2024. “Processes of power: Transitions and justice of energy infrastructure in Minnesota.” Energy Research & Social Science 111: 103458.

Grimley, Matthew, Gabriel Chan. 2023. “‘Cooperative is an Oxymoron!’: A Polycentric Energy Transition Perspective on Distributed Energy Deployment in the Upper Midwestern United States.” Energy Policy 172: 113328.

Gabriel Chan and Alexandra Klass. 2022. “Regulating for Energy Justice.” New York University Law Review 97(5): 1426-1506.

Grimley, Matthew, Vivek Shastry, Dilge Güldehen Kânoğlu-Özkan, Erica Blevins, Ariane L. Beck, Gabriel Chan, Varun Rai. 2022. “The Grassroots Are Always Greener: Community-Based Organizations as Innovators of Shared Solar Energy in the United States.” Energy Research and Social Science 90: 102628.

Klass, Alexandra, Gabriel Chan. 2021. “Cooperative Clean Energy.” North Carolina Law Review 100.

Sun, Bixuan, Sergey Kolesnikov, Anna Goldstein, Gabriel Chan. 2020. “A Dynamic Approach for Identifying Technological Breakthroughs with an Application in Solar Photovoltaics.” Technological Forecasting & Social Change 165: 120534.

Matisoff, Daniel, Ross Beppler, Gabriel Chan, Sanya Carley. 2020. “A Review of Barriers in Implementing Dynamic Electricity Pricing to Achieve Cost-Causality.” Environmental Research Letters 15: 093006.

Lenhart, Stephanie, Gabriel Chan, Lindsey Forsberg, Matthew Grimley, Elizabeth Wilson. 2020. “Municipal Utilities and Electric Cooperatives in the United States: Interpretive Frames, Strategic Actions, and Place-Specific Transitions.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 36: 17-33.

Zhang, Huiming, Kai Wu, Yueming Qiu, Gabriel Chan, Shouyang Wang, Dequn Zhou, and Xianqiang Ren. 2020. “Solar Photovoltaic Interventions Have Reduced Rural Poverty in China.” Nature Communications 11: 1969.

Chan, Gabriel, Robert Stavins, and Zou Ji. “International Climate Change Policy.” 2018. Annual Review of Resource Economics 10(2018): 335-360.

Huenteler, Joern, Tian Tang, Gabriel Chan, and Laura Diaz Anadon. 2018. “Why Is China’s Wind Power Generation Not Living up to Its Potential?” Environmental Research Letters 13(4).

Chan, Gabriel, Anna P. Goldstein, Amitai Bin-Nun, Laura Diaz Anadon, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti. 2017. "Six principles for energy innovation." Nature 552(7683): 25-27.

Chan, Gabriel, Isaac Evans, Matthew Grimley, Ben Ihde, and Poulomi Mazumder. 2017. "Design Choices and Equity Implications of Community Shared Solar." The Electricity Journal 30(9): 37-41.

Anadon, Laura Diaz, Gabriel Chan, Amitai Y. Bin-Nun, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti. 2016. “The Pressing Energy Innovation Challenge of the U.S. National Labs.” Nature Energy 1: 16117.

Anadon, Laura Diaz*, Gabriel Chan*, Alicia Harley*, Kira Matus, Suerie Moon, Sharmila Murthy, and William Clark (* indicates co-first authorship). 2016. “Making Technological Innovation Work for Sustainable Development.” Proceedings of the National Academies of Science 113(35): 9682-9690.

Chan, Gabriel, Carlo Carraro, Ottmar Edenhoffer, Charles Kolstad, and Robert Stavins. 2016. “Reforming the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Assessment of Climate Economics.” Climate Change Economics 7(1).

Shrimali, Gireesh, Gabriel Chan, Steffen Jenner, Felix Groba, and Joe Indvik. 2015. “Evaluating Renewable Portfolio Standards for In-State Renewable Deployment: Accounting for Policy Heterogeneity.” Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy 4(2).

Chan, Gabriel, John M. Reilly, Sergey Paltsev, and Y.-H. Henry Chen. 2012. “The Canadian Oil Sands Industry Under Carbon Constraints.” Energy Policy 50: 540-550.

Chan, Gabriel, Robert Stavins, Robert Stowe, Richard Sweeney. 2012. “The SO2 Allowance-Trading System and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Reflections on 20 Years of Policy Innovation.” National Tax Journal 65 (2): 419-452.

Jenner, Steffen, Gabriel Chan, Rolf Frankenberger and Mathias Gabel. 2012. “What Drives States to Support Renewable Energy?” The Energy Journal 33 (2): 1-12.

Chan, Gabriel, Laura Diaz Anadon, Melissa Chan, and Audrey Lee. 2011. “Expert Elicitation of Cost, Performance, and RD&D Budgets for Coal Power with CCS.” Energy Procedia 4: 2685-2692.

Pugh, Graham, Leon Clarke, Robert Marlay, Page Kyle, Marshall Wise, Haewon McJeon, and Gabriel Chan. 2011. “Energy R&D Portfolio Analysis Based on Climate Change Mitigation.” Energy Economics 33: 634-643.

Kolesnikov, Sergey, Mengyao Han, Deyu Li, Thea Jung, Gabriel Chan, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Laura Diaz Anadon. November 2023. Accelerating Development of Energy Innovation Ecosystems: Strengthening Links Across Institutions and Actors.

Gabriel Chan and Steve Coleman. September 2023. “Case Study: Minnesota Equitable Solar Access Project” in Solar for Manufactured Homes: An Update on Recent Developments (Vol. 3) by Warren Leon, Vero Bourg-Meyer, and Matt Ohloff. Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA). Technical Report

Gabriel Chan, Elise Harrington, Matthew Grimley. March 2023. Assessing a Solar Project and a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement Between the Red Lake Nation and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Gabriel Chan, Keith Taylor, Sanya Carley, Matt Grimley, Emma Schuster, Cecelia Kincaid, and Eric Barry. January 2023. Hoosier Energy Integrated Planning Initiative: Final Report. 

“Hoosier Energy Integrated Planning Initiative: Summary Brief.”   Electric Cooperative Innovation Center. Policy Brief. (May 2023)

Heeter, Jenny, Kaifeng Xu, Matthew Grimley, Gabriel Chan, and Emily Dalecki. 2022. Status of State Community Solar Program Caps.   Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP-6A20-84077. Technical Report.

Carmen Carruthers, Brian Edstrom, Annie Levenson-Falk, Hannah Hoeger, Marti Frank, Gabriel Chan, Erica Blevins, Kelley Muellman, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas. 2022. Strategies for Equitable Energy Efficiency Program Design: A Toolkit for Two High-Priority Populations in the Twin Cities: Black Homeowners and Property Owners Renting to Latinx Households. Prepared for the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources. Technical Report.

Gabriel Chan, Elise Harrington, and Jacqueline Berger. February 2022. Scaling Weatherization in Minnesota: Opportunities and Challenges from a Landscape Analysis and Case Study Analysis. Prepared for the Minnesota Department of Commerce 2021-22 Weatherization Working Group. Technical Report.

Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, Jamison Stallman, Joshua Anderson, and Mark Teklinski. January 2022. Planning for Equitable Solar Deployment with Electric Cooperatives. University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Technical Report.

Ariane Beck, Gabriel Chan, Varun Rai, Matthew Grimley, John Cornwell, Matthew Jones, Vivek Shastry, Dilge Kanoglu, Erica Blevins, Christopher Matos, Kirsten Smith, Minhyun Lee and Erik Funkhouser. September 2020. Scaling Community Solar in Texas: Barriers, Strategies, and Roadmap. University of Texas-Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Technical Report.

Gabriel Chan, Stephanie Lenhart, Lindsey Forsberg, Matthew Grimley, and Elizabeth Wilson. February 2019. Barriers and Opportunities for Distributed Energy Resources in Minnesota’s Municipal Utilities and Electric Cooperatives. University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Technical Report. 

Gabriel Chan, Jordan Morgan, and Ryan Streitz. February 2019. Solar for Humanity: Nonprofit Solar Partnerships with Habitat for Humanity: Landscape and Financial Analysis with Applications for Minnesota. University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Technical Report. 

Chan, Gabriel, Lindsey Forsberg, Peder Garnaas-Halvorson, Samantha Holte, and DaSeul Kim. September 2018. Issue Linkage in the Climate Regime: Gender Policies in Climate Finance. University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Technical Report. 

“Issue Linkage in the Climate Regime: Gender Policies in Climate Finance.” University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Policy Brief. (June 2018)

 “Linking Gender Policy and Climate Finance.” University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Policy Brief. (November 2017)

Chan, Gabriel, Matthew Grimley, Elizabeth Arnold, Isaac Evans, Jacob Herbers, Maureen Hoffman, Benjamin Ihde, Poulomi Mazumder, Jordan Morgan, Nick Neuman, and Ryan Streitz. March 2018. Community Shared Solar in Minnesota: Learning from the First 300 Megawatts. University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Technical Report.

“Community Shared Solar in Minnesota: Learning from the First 300 Megawatts.” University of Minnesota Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy. Policy Brief. (March 2018)

Bin-Nun, Amitai Y, Gabriel Chan, Laura Diaz Anadon, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, and Sarah Jane Maxted. November 2017. The Department of Energy National Laboratories: Organizational Design and Management Strategies to Improve Federal Energy Innovation and Technology Transfer to the Private Sector. Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. Technical Report. 

Gabriel Chan, and Laura Diaz Anadon. December 2016. “Improving decision making for public R&D investment in energy: utilizing expert elicitation in parametric models.” Cambridge University, Energy Policy Research Group Working Paper Economics: 1682. Discussion Paper. 

Binz, Christian, Gabriel Chan, Claudia Doblinger, Joern Huneteler, Dongbo Shi, Tian Tang, Lei Xu, and Laura Diaz Anadon. 2015. “Energy Technology Innovation Policy in the Backdrop of the U.S.-China Emissions Agreement.” Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Workshop Report. 

Harley, Alicia, Sharmila Murthy, Laura Diaz Anadon, Gabriel Chan, Kira Matus, Suerie Moon, Vanessa Timmer, and William C. Clark. 2014. “Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Global Systems Perspective.” Harvard Sustainability Science Working Paper #2014-02. Discussion Paper.

Anadon, Laura Diaz, Kira Matus, Suerie Moon, Gabriel Chan, Alicia Harley, Sharmila Murthy, Ahmed Abdel Latif, Kathleen Araujo, Kayje Booker, Hyundo Choi, Kristian Dubrawski, Lonia Friedlander, Christina Ingersoll, Erin Kempster, Laura Pereira, Jennie Stephens, Vanessa Timmer, Lee Vinsel, and William C. Clark. 2014. “Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development: Diagnosing Weaknesses and Identifying Interventions in the Transnational Arena.” Harvard Sustainability Science Working Paper #2014-01. Discussion Paper. 

Anadon, Laura Diaz, Valentina Bosetti, Gabriel Chan, Gregory Nemet, and Elena Verdolini. 2014. “Energy Technology Expert Elicitations for Policy: Workshops, Modeling, and Meta-Analysis.” Belfer Center Discussion Paper #2014-08. Discussion Paper.

Gabriel Chan, Mathias Gabel, Steffen Jenner, Stephan Schindele. 2011. “BRIC by BRIC: Governance and Energy Security in Developing Countries.” University of Tubingen Institute of Political Science Working Paper #47-2011. Discussion Paper.

Anadon, Laura Diaz, Matthew Bunn, Gabriel Chan, Melissa Chan, Charles Jones, Ruud Kempener, Audrey Lee, Nathaniel Logar, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti. 2011. “Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation.” Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Technical Report.

Anadon, Laura Diaz, Matthew Bunn, Gabriel Chan, Melissa Chan, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Charles Jones, Ruud Kempener, Audrey Lee, Venkatesh Narayanamurti. 2010. “DOE FY 2011 Budget Request for Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment: Analysis and Recommendations.” Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Technical Report.

Gabriel Chan. 2009. “Trade and the Environment: The Political Economy of CO2 Emission Leakage with Analysis of the Steel and Oil Sands Industries.” M.I.T. Undergraduate Thesis.

Gabriel Chan. November 13, 2023. “Cost of the Community Solar Garden Program.” Oral testimony before the Minnesota Legislative Energy Commission.

Gabriel Chan. November 9, 2023. “Congressional Briefing: Local Impacts of Rural Energy Programs.” Rural Power Coalition U.S. Congressional Briefing.

Gabriel Chan. July 26, 2023. “Order Requiring Commonwealth Edison Company to file an Initial Multi-Year Integrated Grid Plan and Initiating Proceeding to Determine Whether the Plan is Reasonable and Complies with the Public Utilities Act.” Illinois Commerce Commission Docket No. 22-0486. Rebuttal Testimony.

Gabriel Chan. May 22, 2023. “Order Requiring Commonwealth Edison Company to file an Initial Multi-Year Integrated Grid Plan and Initiating Proceeding to Determine Whether the Plan is Reasonable and Complies with the Public Utilities Act.” Illinois Commerce Commission Docket No. 22-0486. Direct Testimony. 

Gabriel Chan. May 11, 2023. “Order Requiring Ameren Illinois Company to file an Initial Multi-Year Integrated Grid Plan and Initiating Proceeding to Determine Whether the Plan is Reasonable and Complies with the Public Utilities Act.” Illinois Commerce Commission Docket No. 22-0487. Direct Testimony. 

Gabriel Chan. December 6, 2022. “Re: In the Matter of the Application of Northern States Power Company For Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in Minnesota.” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket No. E002/GR-21-630. Surrebuttal Testimony.

Gabriel Chan. October 3, 2022. “Re: In the Matter of the Application of Northern States Power Company For Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in Minnesota.” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket No. E002/GR-21-630. Direct Testimony. 

Gabriel Chan, Elise Harrington, Sarah Komoroski, Anna Giesting. September 6, 2022. “Re: In the Matter of a Petition by Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota to Adopt Open Data Access Standards.” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-19-505 and CI-12-1344. Public Comments.

Gabriel Chan and Elise Harrington. February 7, 2022. “Weatherization in Minnesota Compared to Other States.” Oral testimony before the Minnesota House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Climate Finance and Policy. 

Gabriel Chan. December 3, 2021. “Re: Should the Commission approve Xcel Energy’s calculation of the Value of Solar (VOS) rate for 2022, and the Company’s proposed 2022 VOS vintage year bill credit tariff sheets?” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867. Public Comments. 

Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, Katrina Little, and Dillon Cummins. June 21, 2021. “Re: Should the Commission Extend the Residential Adder for Xcel Energy’s Community Solar Garden (CSG) Program?” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867. Public Comments. (MN PUC staff briefing paper derived one decision option citing this comment).

Gabriel Chan. March 9, 2021. “Testimony on the Value of Solar Tariff.” Oral testimony before the Minnesota House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Climate Finance and Policy.

Gabriel Chan. November 24, 2020. “Re: Should the Commission approve Xcel Energy’s calculation of the Value of Solar (VOS) rate for 2021, and the Company’s proposed 2021 VOS vintage year bill credit tariff sheets?” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867. Public Comments. (MN PUC staff briefing paper derived 7 decision options citing this comment).

Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, Katrina Little, Bhavin Pradhan, Jacob Reinert, and Nick Stumo-Langer. October 16, 2020. “Re: In the Matter of an Inquiry into Utility Investments that may Assist in Minnesota’s Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket CI-20-492 (also filed in M-20-716 and CI-20-375). Public Comments. 

Gabriel Chan. June 24, 2020. “Re: In the Matter of the Application of Consumers Energy Company for authority to increase its rates for the generation and distribution of electricity and for other relief.” Michigan Public Service Commission Case No. U-20697. Direct Testimony.

Gabriel Chan and Matthew Grimley. May 5, 2020. “Re: Methodologies for the Avoided Distribution Cost Component of the Minnesota Value of Solar.” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867 and M-14-65. Public Comments.

Gabriel Chan. February 25, 2020. “Testimony on the Value of Solar Tariff and Minnesota’s Community Solar Garden Program.” Oral testimony before the Minnesota House of Representatives Energy and Climate Finance and Policy Division for Bill H.F. 3368.

Gabriel Chan. February 7, 2020. “Cooperative electricity generation and distribution.” Oral testimony before the Minnesota House of Representatives Energy and Climate Finance and Policy Division. 

Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, and Bixuan Sun. August 23, 2019. “Re: Should the Commission adopt Xcel Energy’s proposal for an alternative method for calculating the Value of Solar (VOS) avoided distribution cost for the Company’s Community Solar Garden program?” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867. Public Comments and Invited Testimony before the Commission on October 31, 2019 (MN PUC staff briefing paper derived 5 decision options citing this comment and the MN PUC order on December 3, 2019 cited this comment in the establishing a stakeholder working group.

Gabriel Chan. January 21, 2019. “Ratepayer Impact of Xcel Energy’s Community Solar Garden Program.” Oral testimony before the Minnesota House of Representatives Energy and Climate Finance and Policy Division for Bill H.F. 2625.

Gabriel Chan. January 21, 2019. “Ratepayer Impact of Xcel Energy’s Community Solar Garden Program.” Oral testimony before the Minnesota Senate Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee for Bill S.F. 1891.

Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, and Nick Stumo-Langer. December 13, 2018. “Re: Re: Should the Commission approve Xcel Energy’s 2019 VOS calculation and proposed 2019 VOS vintage year bill credit tariff sheets?” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867. Public Comments. 

Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, and Nick Stumo-Langer. November 27, 2018. “Re: Should the Commission approve Xcel Energy’s 2019 VOS calculation and proposed 2019 VOS vintage year bill credit tariff sheets?” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867. Public Comments and Invited Testimony before the Commission on January 31, 2019 (MN PUC staff briefing paper derived 6 decision options citing this comment). 

Gabriel Chan, Isaac Evans, and Matthew Grimley. April 6, 2018. “Re: What action should the Commission take based on Xcel Energy’s (Xcel’s) February 1, 2018 filing?” Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Docket M-13-867. Public Comments (MN PUC staff briefing paper derived 1 decision option citing this comment).

Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, Laura Diaz Anadon, Gabriel Chan, and Amitai Bin-Nun. 2015. Written Testimony to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy & Water Development Hearing on “Securing America’s Future: Realizing the Potential of the DOE National Laboratories.”