{"682390":{"#nid":"682390","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet the Expert: Gaurav Doshi","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/aa477a68-e824-5441-84f8-f9c968a402d7\u0022\u003EGaurav Doshi\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in applied economics and a faculty affiliate of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Energy Policy and Innovation Center\u003C\/a\u003E researches, among other topics, ways to make the benefits of large electrification projects more transparent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a chicken and egg situation: Should renewable energy projects launch first hoping that transmission lines to pipe generated power to distant places will follow on their heels? Or should the transmission lines be stood up first as a way to attract investments in renewable energy projects? Which comes before the other? It\u2019s a question that has intrigued Gaurav Doshi, assistant professor at the School of Economics at Georgia Tech, for a while now. His award-winning paper about this research explores the downstream effects of building power lines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree in applied economics from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, Doshi earned his doctorate in the same field from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2023. He explored questions about environmental economics as part of his doctoral work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOnce I started researching energy markets in the U.S., I kept getting deeper and coming up with new questions,\u201d Doshi says. Among the many his work explores: What are the effects of infrastructure policies and how can they help decarbonization efforts? What are some of the unintended consequences policy makers need to think about?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of his current research projects has roots in his doctoral work. It explores how to quantify the benefits of difficult-to-quantify environmental infrastructure projects. Case in point: Decarbonization will likely lead to more electrification from renewable energy resources and will need power lines to transport this energy to places of demand. The costs for such infrastructure are pretty transparent as part of government project funding. But the benefits are less so, Doshi points out. To develop effective policy, both the costs and benefits need clear visibility. \u201cOtherwise the question arises \u2018why should we spend billions of dollars of taxpayer money if we don\u2019t know the benefits?\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/meet-the-expert-gaurav-doshi\/\u0022\u003ERead Full Story on the EPIcenter Webpage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGaurav Doshi, assistant professor in applied economics and a faculty affiliate of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Energy Policy and Innovation Center\u003C\/a\u003E researches, among other topics, ways to make the benefits of large electrification projects more transparent.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The assistant professor in applied economics researches, among other topics, ways to make the benefits of large electrification projects more transparent."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2025-05-13 17:03:30","changed_gmt":"2025-05-13 17:15:37","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677067":{"id":"677067","type":"image","title":"Gaurav Doshi","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGaurav Doshi, Assistant Professor in Applied Economics, Georgia Tech School of Economics\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1747155614","gmt_created":"2025-05-13 17:00:14","changed":"1747155700","gmt_changed":"2025-05-13 17:01:40","alt":"Gaurav Doshi, Assistant Professor in Applied Economics, Georgia Tech School of Economics","file":{"fid":"260931","name":"gauravdoshi.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/13\/gauravdoshi.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/13\/gauravdoshi.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11544,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/13\/gauravdoshi.jpeg?itok=EV_KBoWI"}}},"media_ids":["677067"],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWritten by: Poornima Apte\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContact: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E || SEI Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}