Associate Professor, Economics Department

u0030088@utah.edu

Publications

• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Gabriel A. Lozada, Jesús Ramon Martin & Emilio Padilla (2021). The Laws of Thermodynamics. Edward Elgar., 11/2021
• WATER: Gabriel A. Lozada (2019). Debt Repayment Obligations Created by the Proposed Bear River Development. Economic Evaluation Unit, Dept. of Economics, University of Utah., 09/2019

Presentations

• WATER: Debt Repayment Obligations Created by the Proposed Bear River Development Project. CAKE Talk, U of U Dept. of Economics., 02/14/2020
• WATER: Debt Repayment Obligations Created by the Proposed Bear River Development Project A Presentation to the 13th Annual Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium, 11/21/2019
• WATER: Debt Repayment Obligations Created by the Proposed Bear River Development Project A Presentation to the Water Conservatives Conference, 09/05/2019
• WATER: Is the Lake Powell Pipeline Affordable? A Presentation to the Kiwanis Club of Sugarhouse, 05/14/2019
• WATER: "The Lake Powell Pipeline: Affordable? Desirable?" Presented to the Executive Water Finance Board, Governor's Office of Management and Budget. The agenda is at https://www.utah.gov/pmn/sitemap/notice/467413.html ., 06/13/2018
• WATER: "Is the Lake Powell Pipeline Affordable?" University of Utah venue: Moot Courtroom, Law School, 09/21/2016

Teaching

• ENERGY | FOOD SYSTEMS | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Online Econ. 3250: second half, 03/18/2021-04/21/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Index for Old Exam Questions and Answers, Econ. 3250., 01/01/2020-01/31/2020
• ENERGY | FOOD SYSTEMS | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER: Index for Old Exam Questions and Answers, Econ. 5250, 09/2016-11/2016

External Service

• WATER: Utah Rivers Council. Provided guidance on economic models of water use and pricing in the context of water conservation and the removal of the property tax subsidy to water in Utah. In 2012, analyzed the proposed Lake Powell pipeline ("LPP"). In 2013, wrote a financial analysis of the LPP for Kane County. In 2015, wrote a financial analysis of the LPP for Washington County. Also testified to the legislature & the Division of Water Resources, and spoke to journalists and interested members of the public from St. George. Various activities in 2016 to 2018. In 2019, wrote a report analyzing the financial implications of the proposed Bear River Development., 01/2010

Media

• WATER: "Cities or farms: Who gets the water?" reported by Peter Rosen, KSL TV., 10/18/2021
• CLIMATE CHANGE: Will President Biden's executive order on climate change cost or create jobs? Reported by Michelle Poe, KUTV News., 02/18/2021
• WATER: "The Precarious Plan for the Lake Powell Pipeline: Officials in Utah's fastest-growing county are obscuring details of what a high-stakes project will cost taxpayers." By Emma Penrod. City Weekly, Nov. 29, 2018 (Vol. 35 No. 27): pp. 13--15., 11/29/2018
• WATER: "Warring figures, hidden costs: While experts feud over the cost of Utah’s Lake Powell Pipeline, the public is kept in the dark—and taxpayers on the hook." By Emma Penrod. High Country News, Oct. 29, 2018 (Vol. 50 No. 18): pp. 8--11., 10/29/2018
• WATER: "State mulls funding for Lake Powell Pipeline: Board looks at potential costs to St. George area." By David DeMille. The Spectrum; St. George, Utah: A.8., 09/19/2018
• WATER: "The Green Green Grass of Home." By Mark Sundeen. Outside Magazine, August 18, 2018: pp. 76--83. Headline on the cover: "Pipeline to Hell: Utah's Billion Dollar Plan to Water the Desert." Note that there is only an indirect reference to my work ("the economists" and "the study’s lead author")., 08/18/2018
• WATER: "$1.4B Pipeline topic of task force talk: St. George meeting will focus on Lake Powell." By David DeMille. The Spectrum; St. George, Utah: A.2., 03/20/2018
• WATER: "Lake Powell Pipeline review paused: Federal regulators halting process at Utah's request." By David DeMille. The Spectrum; St. George, Utah: A.3., 01/14/2018
• WATER: The Spectrum (St. George), “Lake Powell Pipeline costs still uncertain," Page G.4., 10/29/2017
• WATER: The Spectrum (St. George, Utah), “Utah asks for more time on Lake Powell Pipeline,” Page G.2., 10/22/2017
• WATER: The Spectrum (St. George, Utah), “Utah reports details on Lake Powell Pipeline are still being sorted out,” Page A.5., 10/21/2017
• WATER: The Salt Lake Tribune, “Lake Powell Pipeline will require state borrowing and higher water bills, Utah tells federal regulators,”, 10/20/2017
• WATER: The Spectrum (St. George, Utah), “Utah asking for more time: State is requesting Oct. 24 deadline,” Page A.3., 10/13/2017
• WATER: The Spectrum (St. George, Utah), “FERC wants pipeline repayment plan: Detailed cost analysis has yet to be done,” Page A.5., 08/24/2017
• WATER: The Spectrum (St. George, Utah), “Water property tax bill stopped,” Page A.4., 02/24/2017

Grants

• WATER: Debt Repayment Obligations Created by the Proposed Bear River Development Project. PI: Gabriel A. Lozada, 04/2019-09/2019