Jay Apt

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Professor of Technology and Director of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Economics, engineering, and public policy aspects of the electricity industry. Economics of technical innovation. Management of technical enterprises. Risk management in policy and technical decision framing. Engineering systems design.

Useful Links:

• Vita
• PDF copies of Professional Publications

Published Papers: 

• Preface to the Special Issue on Energy Modeling
  Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 47(2), 2013; 75.
  (with: Nicola Secomandi)
  
  
• Comparative Analysis of Conventional Oil and Gas and Wind Project Decommissioning Regulations on Federal, State, and County Lands
  The Electricity Journal 25(1), 2012; 29-45.
  (with: D. Changala, M. Dworkin, P. Jaramillo)
  
  
• What Properties of Grid Energy Storage are Most Valuable?
  Journal of Power Sources 206, 2012; 436-449.
  (with: E. Hittinger, J. Whitacre)
  
  
• Generating Wind Time Series as a Hybrid of Measured and Simulated Data
  Wind Energy 15(5), 2012; 699-715.
  (with: S. Rose)
  
  
• Quantifying the Hurricane Risk to Offshore Wind Turbines
  Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences 109(9), 2012; 3247-3252.
  (with: S. Rose, P. Jaramillo, M. Small, I. Grossmann)
  
  
• Net Air Emissions from Electric Vehicles: The Effect of Carbon Price and Charging Strategies
  Environmental Science & Technology 45(5), 2011; 1792-1797.
  (with: S. Peterson, J. Whitacre)
  
  
• Economics of Compressed Air Energy Storage to Integrate Wind Power: A Case Study in ERCOT
  Energy Policy 39(5), 2011; 2330-2342.
  (with: E. Fertig)
  
  
• Compensating for Wind Variability Using Co-Located Natural Gas Generation and Energy Storage
  Energy Systems 1(4), 2010; 417-439.
  (with: E. Hittinger, J. Whitacre)
  
  
• The Economics of Using PHEV Battery Packs for Grid Storage
  Journal of Power Sources 195(8), 2010; 2377-2384.
  (with: S. Peterson, J. Whitacre)
  
  
• Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Degradation Resulting from Realistic Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Grid Utilization
  Journal of Power Sources 195(8), 2010; 2385-2392.
  (with: S. Peterson, J. Whitacre)
  
  
• The Air Quality and Human Health Effects of Integrating Utility-Scale Batteries into the New York State Electricity Grid
  Journal of Power Sources 195(8), 2010; 2405-2413.
  (with: E. Gilmore, R. Walawalkar, P. Adams, Lester Lave)
  
  
• Implications of Compensating Property-Owners for Geologic Sequestration of CO2
  Environmental Science & Technology 44(8), 2010; 2897-2903.
  (with: R. Gresham, S. McCoy, M. Morgan)
  
  
• The Variability of Interconnected Wind Plants
  Energy Policy 38(8), 2010; 4400-4410.
  (with: W. Katzenstein, E. Fertig)
  
  
• Response to "Comment on 'Air Emissions Due to Wind and Solar Power'"
  Environmental Science & Technology 43(15), 2009; 6108-6109.
  (with: W. Katzenstein)
  
  
• Large Blackouts in North America: Historical Trends and Policy Implications
  Energy Policy 37(12), 2009; 5249-5259.
  (with: P. Hines, Sarosh Talukdar)
  
  
• Air Emissions Due to Wind and Solar Power
  Environmental Science & Technology 43(2), 2009; 253-258.
  (with: G. Katzenstein)
  
  
• The Geoengineering Option: A Last Resort Against Global Warming?
  Foreign Affairs 88(2), 2009; 64-76.
  (with: D. Victor, M Morgan, J. Steinbruner, K. Ricke)
  
  
• Near Term Implications of a Ban on New Coal-Fired Power Plants in the U.S.
  Environmental Science & Technology 43(11), 2009; 3995-4001.
  (with: A. Newcomer)
  
  
• Regulating the Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
  Environmental Science & Technology 42(8), 2008; 2718-2722.
  (with: E. Wilson, M. Morgan, M. Bonner, C. Bunting, al et)
  
  
• Short Run Effects of a Price on Carbon Dioxide Emissions from U.S. Electric Generators
  Environmental Science & Technology 42(9), 2008; 3139-3144.
  (with: A. Newcomer, Seth Blumsack, Lester Lave, M Morgan)
  
  
• An Economic Welfare Analysis of Demand Response in the PJM Electricity Market
  Energy Policy 36(10), 2008; 3692-3702.
  (with: R. Walawalkar, Seth Blumsack, S. Fernands)
  
  
• A National Renewable Portfolio Standard? Not Practical
  Issues in Science & Technology 25(1), 2008; 53-59.
  (with: Lester Lave, S. Pattanariyankool)
  
  
• The Character of Power Output from Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Systems
  Progress in Photovoltaics 16(3), 2008; 241-247.
  (with: A. Curtright)
  
  
• Implications of Generator Siting for CO2 Pipeline Infrastructure
  Energy Policy 36(5), 2008; 1776-1787.
  (with: A. Newcomer)
  
  
• Short Run Effects of a Price on Carbon Dioxide Emissions from U.S. Electric Generators
  Environmental Science & Technology 42(9), 2008; 3139-3144.
  (with: A. Newcomer, Seth Blumsack, Lester Lave, M Morgan)
  
  
• The Spectrum of Power from Wind Turbines
  Journal of Power Source 18, 2007; 52-61.
  
  
• Should a Coal-Fired Power Plant be Retrofitted or Replaced?
  Environmental Science & Technology 41(23), 2007; 7980-7986.
  (with: D. Patiño-Echeverri, B. Morel, C. Chen)
  
  
• Deregulation/Restructing Part 1: Re-regulation Will Not Fix the Problems
  The Electricity Journal 20(8), 2007; 9-22.
  (with: Lester Lave, Seth Blumsack)
  
  
• Deregulation/Restructuring Part II: Where Do We Go From Here?
  The Electricity Journal 20(9), 2007; 10-23.
  (with: Lester Lave, Seth Blumsack)
  
  
• Storing Syngas Lowers the Carbon Price for Profitable Coal Gasification
  Environmental Science & Technology 41(23), 2007; 7974-7979.
  (with: A. Newcomer)
  
  
• Promoting Low-Carbon Electricity Production
  Issues in Science & Technology 24(3), 2007.
  (with: D. Keith, M. Morris)
  
  
• Economics of Electric Energy Storage for Energy Arbitrage and Regulation in New York
  Energy Policy 35(4), 2007; 2558-2568.
  (with: R. Walawalkar, R. Mancini)
  
  
• Planning for Natural Disasters in a Stochastic World
  Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 33, 2006; 117-130.
  (with: Lester Lave)
  
  
• Electricity: Protecting Essential Services, in Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability
  Cambridge University Press: New York, 2006; 211-238.
  (with: M. Morgan, Lester Lave)
  
  
• Cell Phones: Unsafe at Any Airspeed: Cell Phones and Other Electronics are More of a Risk Than You Think
  IEEE Spectrum 43(3), 2006; 44-49.
  (with: B. Strauss, M. Morgan, D. Stancil)
  
  
• A More Reliable U.S. Electric System
  Issues in Science & Technology 22(4), 2006; 51-58.
  (with: Lester Lave, M. Morgan)
  
  
• Lessons from the Failure of U.S. Electricity Restructuring
  The Electricity Journal 19(2), 2006; 15-32.
  (with: Lester Lave, Seth Blumsack)
  
  
• Increasing the Security and Reliability of the US Electricity System
  Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, 2005; 57-69.
  (with: Lester Lave, A. Farrell, M. Morgan)
  
  
• A Cautionary Tale: U.S. Electricity Reform
  Economic and Political Weekly (Special Issue: Power Sector Reform-International Experience 40(50), 2005; 5279-5290.
  (with: Seth Blumsack, Lester Lave)
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• Are Renewables Portfolio Standards Cost-Effective Emission Abatement Policy?
  Environmental Science & Technology 39(22), 2005; 8578-8583.
  (with: Katerina Dobesova, Lester Lave)
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• The Spectrum of Power from Wind Turbines
  Journal of Power Sources 18(2), 2005; 52-61.
  
  
• Restoring Soils to Protect Climate, Food, and Water
  Science 304, 2004; 393-393.
  (with: W. Griffin, Rattan Lal, Lester Lave, M. Morgan)
  
  
• Rethinking Electricity Deregulation
  The Electric Journal 17(8), 2004; 11-26.
  (with: Seth Blumsack, Lester Lave)
  
  

Working Papers: 

• Large Blackouts in North America: Historical Trends and Policy Implications
  July, 2009.
  (with: P. Hines, Sarosh Talukdar)
  
  
• Electricity Prices and Costs Under Regulation and Restructuring
  July, 2008.
  (with: Seth Blumsack, Lester Lave)
  
  
• The Spectrum of Power from Utility-Scale Wind Farms and Solar Photovoltaic Arrays
  July, 2008.
  (with: A. Curtright)
  
  
• Analyzing PJM's Economic Demand Response Program
  July, 2007.
  (with: R. Walawalkar, Seth Blumsack, S. Fernands)
  
  
• Transmission Line Reliability, Climate Change and Extreme Weather
  August, 2006.
  (with: Gibson Peters, Tony DiGioia, C. Hendrickson)
  
  
• Can the U.S. Have Reliable Electricity
  August, 2006.
  (with: Lester Lave, M. Morgan)
  
  
• Economics of Electric Energy Storage for Energy Arbitrage and Regulation in New York
  August, 2006.
  (with: R. Walawalkar, R. Mancini)
  
  
• Planning for Natural Disasters in a Stochastic World
  July, 2006.
  (with: Lester Lave)
  
  
• Competition Has Not Lowered US Industrial Electricity Prices
  January, 2005.
  
  
• Phase Transitions in the Probability of Cascading Failures
  August, 2004.
  (with: Huaiwei Liao, Sarosh Talukdar)
  
  
• Are Renewables Portfolio Standards Cost-effective for Electric Grids
  June, 2004.
  (with: Katerina Dobesova, Lester Lave)
  
  
• Rethinking Electricity Deregulation
  April, 2004.
  (with: Lester Lave, Seth Blumsack)
  
  
• Residential Electric Hot Water Heaters: Strategies under Time-Of-Day Pricing
  February, 2004.
  (with: Chong Hock Goh)
  
  
• Electrical Blackouts: Repeating our Mistakes
  January, 2004.
  (with: Lester Lave, Sarosh Talukdar, M. Morgan, Marija Ilic)
  
  
• Cascading Failures: Survival vs. Prevention
  December, 2003.
  (with: Sarosh Talukdar, Marija Ilic, Lester Lave, M. Morgan)
  
  
• Electric Gridlock: A National Solution
  November, 2003.
  (with: Lester Lave)
  
  
• Introducing Electric Power into a Multi-Disciplinary Curriculum for Network Industries
  October, 2003.
  (with: Marija Ilic, Pradeep Khosla, Lester Lave, M. Morgan, Sarosh Talukdar)
  
  

Awards:

• Fellow, The Explorers Club - 2008
• NASA Distinguished Service Medal - 1997
• Metcalf Lifetime Achievement Award for significant contributions to engineering - 2002

Consulting:

• The Armstrong Group
• Proctor & Gamble
• The Gleason Group
• Tissue Informatics
• Pixel Vision
• Microsoft
• BEA Systems
• American Cellular Wireless
• Yakaki Engineering
• Bechtel Bettis
• Research Council of Norway
• Tibeca Film Institute
• TERC
• Worldstat