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In this week\u2019s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with David Brown, an associate professor at the University of Alberta, about research on the value of electricity reliability that he coauthored with Resources for the Future University Fellow Lucija Muehlenbachs. Brown discusses dollar-value estimates of how much consumers are willing to pay to avoid power outages, the technologies that households and communities are using to improve electricity reliability, and policies for addressing inequitable access to those technologies.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cThe Value of Electricity Reliability: Evidence from Battery Adoption\u201d by David P. Brown and Lucija Muehlenbachs; https://www.rff.org/publications/working-papers/the-value-of-electricity-reliability-evidence-from-battery-adoption/\n\n\u201cSocioeconomic and demographic disparities in residential battery storage adoption: Evidence from California\u201d by David P. Brown; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421522001021\n\n\u201cWhat Are the Benefits of Electric Vehicles for Climate, Air Pollution, and Health?\u201d by Joshua Linn and Daniel Shawhan; https://www.resources.org/common-resources/what-are-the-benefits-of-electric-vehicles-for-climate-air-pollution-and-health/