Sariya Stowers

Sariya Stowers is a pre-doctoral fellow working with Michael Greenstone.

The project Sariya is currently on covers a widespread energy policy Renewable Portfolio Standards. The paper estimates how the policy, which regulates the amount of clean energy sources used in a utility’s electricity mix affects retail electricity rates. Sariya graduated from Macalester college with a bachelors in Economics and Political Science. There Sariya undertook two major research projects focusing on the role of renewable energy policy in the U.S. asking questions like: Why do states pass renewable energy policy?  How do those policies affect electricity prices?