Sanya Carley

Sanya Carley
  • Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning

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Current Courses

  • CPLN5840 - Effective Policy For The Energy Transition

    This seminar will explore a collection of ideas influencing energy policy development in the U.S. and around the world. We will discuss all kinds of modern energy policy issues/debates, firmly grounding those discussions around fundamentals of public policy (e.g., market design, market failure, government failure, etc.). Example topics will include: The Inflation reduction act, infrastructure siting, fuel economy standards, and carbon border adjustments, amongst others.

    CPLN5840301

Past Courses

  • CPLN5840 - Effective Energy Policy

    This seminar will explore a collection of ideas influencing energy policy development in the U.S. and around the world. We will discuss all kinds of modern energy policy issues/debates, firmly grounding those discussions around fundamentals of public policy (e.g., market design, market failure, government failure, etc.). Example topics will include: The Inflation reduction act, infrastructure siting, fuel economy standards, and carbon border adjustments, amongst others.

  • CPLN9999 - Independent Study

    Independent Study supervised by a faculty member.

  • ENMG5300 - Energy Justice

    Energy issues are among some of the most important and complex issues facing the modern world. Energy practices intersect with issues on the scale of climate change or national security to the ability of individuals to have an affordable place to live and a safe, good-paying job. This seminar-style course takes an in-depth view of both the policy approaches used across the world to address such issues and the justice and equity dimensions of energy systems. This course is not simply a consideration of which policies have been adopted and to what ends, but rather a comprehensive evaluation of the political environment in which policies are designed and implemented, the manner in which governments can redesign their approaches to energy, and how an energy justice approach has the potential to fundamentally redesign our energy systems. This year, we will also focus quite a bit on the intersections between energy insecurity, just transition, and marginalized communities.

  • PPE3999 - Independent Study

    Student arranges with a faculty member to pursue a research project on a suitable topic. For more information about research and setting up independent studies, visit: https://ppe.sas.upenn.edu/study/curriculum/independent-studies

  • PPE4998 - Directed Honors Research

    Student arranges with a Penn faculty member to do research and write a thesis on a suitable topic. For more information on honors visit: https://ppe.sas.upenn.edu/study/curriculum/honors-theses

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