Thoughts on data science, causal inference, and energy policy research.
Does shutting off the power actually prevent wildfires? A step-by-step causal analysis — why the headline numbers mislead, how far publicly available data can take us, and exactly what it would take to measure the real effect.
Part 1 of a series on California's energy grid and wildfire risk. A data-driven analysis of how California's 3,018 generators overlap with fire threat zones, historical fire perimeters, and fire weather patterns.
A case study of the Manning–Metcalf 500 kV corridor and the data center transmission buildout
A data-driven look at who bears the burden, how long outages last, and whether the fire prevention strategy is working
How I linked 16.4 million financial aid applications to voter records to estimate the civic returns to tuition subsidies—and what the results mean for American democracy.
