The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events Specialist
Implementing Scalable Clean Energy Solutions for a Sustainable Future
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April 24, 2024
6 weeks, online
4–6 hours per week
Our participants tell us that taking this program together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistPressing climate change concerns and geopolitical tensions have accelerated the urgency to embrace cleaner energy alternatives over conventional energy sources. To tackle this change, organizations are looking toward professionals with strong leadership skills who can effectively collaborate with stakeholders to steer through challenges. Energy leaders need to be proficient at navigating complex regulatory frameworks while assessing the economics of different renewable energy sources.
The Managing the Energy Transition program from Texas Executive Education at the McCombs School of Business is designed by expert faculty with global, cross-industry experience and active involvement in the debates and policymaking in the energy sector. Through a combination of expert insights, application-based activities, case studies, and peer learning, the six-week curriculum empowers professionals to manage trade-offs and make informed decisions as they drive their organizations toward an efficient and equitable energy transition.
The state of Texas has developed abundant renewable energy resources, generating more than a quarter of the nation’s electricity from wind power, and is a leader in solar energy production. The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is core to this success and is the nation’s number-one energy research university. Its future-thinking faculty champion collaboration and innovation. Over 20 energy centers and programs, at UT Austin facilitate an integrated, systems-oriented approach to meeting the energy challenges of today and the future.
UT Austin’s Energy Institute has funded more than US$300 million in energy research on a broad spectrum of issues. It is also home to the KBH Energy Initiative, a preeminent energy center at the intersection of energy business, law, and policy. This diverse research footprint is pioneering novel ways to enable energy sustainability. UT Austin has the largest alumni network of energy professionals in the nation and has contributed almost 14% of the US talent pool currently working in the energy sector.
The Managing the Energy Transition program will enable you to:
"As the energy sector moves towards net zero, organizations face the challenge of balancing the urgency to decarbonize with the practicalities of effectively integrating greener energy sources. The Managing the Energy Transition program equips leaders with the tools and frameworks to effectively navigate these trade-offs and make informed decisions for implementing sustainable energy solutions."
— David B. Spence, PhD, The Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law, University of Texas School of Law; Professor of Business, Government and Society, McCombs School of Business
The six-week program delves into the scientific and political forces driving energy transition as well as the financial and environmental trade-offs that need to be addressed. The curriculum, organized into weekly modules, offers flexibility in accessing program materials. Weekly activities, including faculty lectures, case studies, and real-world scenarios, equip participants with practical tools to manage scenario planning and decision making.
Understand the institutional structure of energy markets and the risks and opportunities created by different energy market designs. Consider the scientific and political forces driving energy transition and explore some of the prevailing models of a low-carbon future.
Dive into the politics of energy policymaking and why certain changes take more time than others. Understand financial and environmental trade-offs and their implications for energy transition goals.
In this module, we will discuss the macroeconomic costs of decarbonization as well as the social cost of carbon while understanding how restructuring the energy market has near- and long-term impacts.
Explore various policy approaches toward energy transition — including taxes, cap and trade, standards, and subsidies — and their cost-effectiveness. Analyze the long-term costs and distributional impacts of decarbonization policies.
Examine why scenario planning is an essential step in developing business strategies and tactics that may be impacted by energy transition. Explore how it can help identify the risks and opportunities as well as potential alternatives that can be analyzed in the context of different scenarios.
Understand why energy transition requires you to weigh profitability, cost, and other objectives as well as measure the alternative outcomes. In this module, you will explore how utility theory can be used to make decisions with multiple objectives.
Understand the institutional structure of energy markets and the risks and opportunities created by different energy market designs. Consider the scientific and political forces driving energy transition and explore some of the prevailing models of a low-carbon future.
Explore various policy approaches toward energy transition — including taxes, cap and trade, standards, and subsidies — and their cost-effectiveness. Analyze the long-term costs and distributional impacts of decarbonization policies.
Dive into the politics of energy policymaking and why certain changes take more time than others. Understand financial and environmental trade-offs and their implications for energy transition goals.
Examine why scenario planning is an essential step in developing business strategies and tactics that may be impacted by energy transition. Explore how it can help identify the risks and opportunities as well as potential alternatives that can be analyzed in the context of different scenarios.
In this module, we will discuss the macroeconomic costs of decarbonization as well as the social cost of carbon while understanding how restructuring the energy market has near- and long-term impacts.
Understand why energy transition requires you to weigh profitability, cost, and other objectives as well as measure the alternative outcomes. In this module, you will explore how utility theory can be used to make decisions with multiple objectives.
Module 1
Describe your organization's energy transition vision, the influence climate science and policy have had on it, and which tech disruptors have influenced decision making in its pursuit.
Module 2
Explore how trade-offs could have implications for the energy transition goals and situations that are unique to your organization.
Module 3
Study the economic consequences on your organization of doing nothing in relation to climate change.
Module 4
Identify a current policy that may impact the net zero efforts of your organization for years to come by comparing costs and analyzing distributional impacts.
Module 5
Practice creating a scenario and a problem statement for impactful decision making.
Module 6
Develop ESG measures to create action items in energy transition by identifying high-level risks and decisions.
Expert Faculty
Gain in-depth insights from world-renowned faculty who are also expert practitioners with long-standing industry experience.
Peer Learning
Interact and share insights with like-minded business leaders in the energy industry from around the world.
Real-World Examples
Draw on the broad expertise of faculty and on proprietary frameworks and use cases from across the entire energy ecosystem, all of which serve to make your learnings holistic.
Energy Transition Playbook
Create a resourceful playbook by applying program learnings to your organization’s challenges in navigating the path to net zero.
Weekly Office Hours
Join optional live weekly office hours with a program leader to deepen your understanding and clarify your questions.
Certificate of Completion
Earn a certificate of completion from The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, a leader in energy research and education.
DAVID B. SPENCE, PhD
SHEILA OLMSTEAD, PhD
JAMES DYER, PhD
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be awarded a certificate from The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business.
After successful completion of this program, your digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of The University of Texas at Austin.
Note: This program does not grant academic credit or a degree from the McCombs School of Business.
Flexible payment options available.