Cassandra Etter-Wenzel

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

PhD Candidate in Energy Policy, University of Oxford

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Cassie is a DPhil candidate researching the distributional impacts of clean energy transitions, particularly regarding the consequences of clean energy policies and regulatory design on low-income populations. Her DPhil focuses on the role of current policies, both supply-side and demand-side, in affecting energy bills for low-income households in OECD countries and explores potential future impacts under various net-zero aligned policy scenarios. She is part of the ECI Energy team, the Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment, and Reuben College.

Before pursuing her DPhil, Cassie worked with the Clean Energy Ministerial Secretariat at the International Energy Agency, helping to advance international cooperation on the deployment of clean energy technologies, standards development, and building efficiency improvements. Prior to that, she was with GTI Energy, where she worked on pathways for power system decarbonization and technology development. She also served at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of International Affairs during the Obama administration and worked on city-level clean energy procurement and emissions accounting at the World Resources Institute.

Cassie holds degrees from the London School of Economics (MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change) and the University of North Carolina (BA in International Relations and History).

Experience

–present DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford

Education

2020 London School of Economics, MSc in Environmental Economics

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