Beia Spiller: The Transition to a Decarbonized Transport Sector

Transporation Decarbonization and Climate Policy

Title

Beia Spiller: The Transition to a Decarbonized Transport Sector

Time

October 14, 2025

6:00PM - 7:00PM ET

Venue

Online via Zoom. Please register to participate.

About

Dr. Spiller will talk about transportation decarbonization challenges, specifically charging stations, federal/state policy, and critical minerals.

Speaker

Bio

Beia Spiller is a fellow and the director for RFF’s Transportation Program. Prior to joining RFF, she was Lead Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund. She received her PhD from the Department of Economics at Duke University. Her primary field is Energy and Environmental Economics. Her work includes research on vehicle electrification, public and private transportation, electricity pricing and regulation, gasoline taxes, energy policies, emissions modeling, distributed energy resources, environmental justice, ex-post policy analysis, and health impacts of air pollution.

Readings

• Beia Spiller, Trenton Marable, and Benjamin Leard. 2025. “Pain at the (Electric Vehicle) Pump?.” Resources for the Future. https://www.resources.org/archives/pain-at-the-electric-vehicle-pump/.

• Beia Spiller and Suzanne Russo. 2025. “Leveraging Investments in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to Maximize Public Benefits.” Resources for the Future. https://www.resources.org/common-resources/leveraging-investments-in-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-to-maximize-public-benefits/.

• Suzanne Russo, Beia Spiller, and Rachel Wilwerding. 2024. “Equity in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.” Resources for the Future. https://www.rff.org/publications/working-papers/equity-in-electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure/.

• Beia Spiller, Joshua Linn, and Nafisa Lohawala. 2025. “Can States Take the Steering Wheel?” Resources for the Future. https://www.resources.org/archives/can-states-take-the-steering-wheel/.