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May 12, 2026
12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
Luncheon: “Uncertainty, Heterogeneity, and Sustainable Energy Finance” with John Ballantine
Presented by the New England chapter of the USAEE
Stone Turn | Boston, MA
Join the USAEE New England chapter for it's next luncheon event, “Uncertainty, Heterogeneity, and Sustainable Energy Finance” on Tuesday, May 12, at 12:00 p.m. at Stone Turn on State Street in Boston.
Featured speaker John Ballantine, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Brandeis International Business School, will discuss the need to invest a lot more money in our Energy Transition in an increasingly uncertain world. The fiscal and political constraints mean that countries will confront difficult tradeoffs and challenging technical decisions in our imperfect and fragmented worlds. Leaders, companies, and financial players must balance the demands of short-term economic health / growth goals with the longer-term needs of sustainable economies. Currently, many countries do not have policies, market structure, or institutional framework to address our energy financing needs. We must come up with feasible plans that recognize our regional differences, economic constraints, climate scenarios, and variable energy resources.
All are welcome to attend — USAEE membership is not required. Entry fee is $30. This will represent the second 2026 meeting of the reconstituted New England Chapter of USAEE, a professional organization dedicated to advancing energy economics.
Please direct questions to Michael C. Lynch, President, Strategic Energy & Economic Research, Distinguished Fellow, Energy Policy Research Institute.
"Uncertainty, Heterogeneity, and Sustainable Energy Finance"
Tuesday, May 12 | 12:00 p.m. EDT
Stone Turn
Suite 1710, Large Conference Room
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Entry fee: $30
John W. Ballantine, Jr. is a specialist in energy/climate change, corporate finance, and political economy. He has taught finance, economics, and banking courses at Babson College and been a research associate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He was the Chief Financial Officer of a small start-up software company that raised over $1 million. Ballantine was also a senior consultant with the Financial Industries Division at Arthur D. Little, Inc., and a banker with Chase Manhattan Bank. He has published a number of articles about labor economics, the banking industry, financial crises, small business finance, politics/energy (Ukraine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran). He was Director of the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program for fifteen years at Brandeis International Business where he is focused on maintaining an energy finance / sustainability program at the school.
