Lucija Muehlenbachs
Lucija Muehlenbachs is an associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary and a university fellow at Resources for the Future. Her research is at the intersection of economics, environment, and energy. She has investigated issues such as price shocks in the electricity sector, methane leaks from the distribution system, enforcement of offshore oil spills, the impact of shale gas wells on property prices, the impacts of traffic accidents associated with shale gas truck traffic, a characterization of the chemical composition of shale gas wastewater, the water quality impacts on rivers and streams, Alberta’s oil production quota, the decision to permanently clean up oil and gas wells, solar-plus-battery storage adoption in response to power outages, and the use of in-kind settlements in environmental lawsuits to address Environmental Justice concerns.