Chris Roney is a Senior Team Leader in the Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group at EPRI. He manages EPRI’s Economy-wide Electrification and Affordability Analysis research area and is an author for the Energy chapter of the 6th National Climate Assessment. His current research includes integrated modeling of the emissions, cost, affordability, and distributional impacts of emissions reductions policy design and electrification dynamics. He specializes in evaluating U.S. and Canadian decarbonization challenges and opportunities. Prior to joining EPRI, he was a researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Joint Global Change Research Institute, where he investigated deep decarbonization pathways, biofuel and transport electrification potential, and global climate impacts on the food system. He participates in or has advised research from the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, Canadian Energy Modelling Hub, Environmental Defense Fund, Argonne National Laboratory, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, among others.
Mr. Roney holds a M.Sc. with Distinction in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford and a BA in Philosophy from Swarthmore College.
Recent Publications
- [1] Bistline, et al. (2024). Equity implications of net-zero emissions: A multi-model analysis of energy expenditures across income classes under economy-wide deep decarbonization policies. Energy and Climate Change, 5, 100118.
- [2] Bistline, et al. (2023). Emissions and Energy Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act. Science, 380(6652): 1324-1327.
- [3] Bistline, J., Abhyankar, N., Blanford, G., Clarke, L., Fakhry, R., McJeon, H., Reilly, J., Roney, C., Wilson, T., Yuan, M., & Zhao, A. (2022). Actions for reducing US emissions at least 50% by 2030. Science, 376(6596), 922–924.
- [4] Ou, Y., Roney, C., Alsalam, J. et al. Deep mitigation of CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gases toward 1.5°C and 2°C futures. Nat Commun 12, 6245 (2021).
- [5] Evan J. Arbuckle, Matthew Binsted, Evan G.R. Davies, Diego V. Chiappori, Candelaria Bergero, Muhammad-Shahid Siddiqui, Christopher Roney, Haewon C. McJeon, Yuyu Zhou, Nick Macaluso. (2021). Insights for Canadian electricity generation planning from an integrated assessment model: Should we be more cautious about hydropower cost overruns? Energy Policy, 150(2021), 112138