Search Results - subject:"generation-performance standard"

CO2 Allowance Allocation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Effect on Electricity Investors

Burtraw, Dallas; Kahn, Danny; Palmer, Karen L. - 2005

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is an effort by nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to develop a regional, mandatory, market-based cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity sector. The initiative is expected to lead to an increase in the...

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CO2 Allowance Allocation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Effect on Electricity Investors

Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen; Kahn, Daniel - 2005

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Allocation of CO2 Emissions Allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program

Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen L.; Kahn, Danny - 2005

Cap-and-trade programs for air emissions have become the widely accepted, preferred approach to cost-effective pollution reduction. One of the important design questions in a trading program is how to initially distribute the emissions allowances. Under the Acid Rain program created by Title IV...

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Allocation of CO2 Emissions Allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program

Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen; Kahn, Daniel - 2005

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The Effect on Asset Values of the Allocation of Carbon Dioxide Emission Allowances

Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen; Bharvirkar, Ranjit; … - 2002

Paradoxically, owners of existing generation assets may be better off paying for carbon dioxide emission allowances than having them distributed for free. This analysis shows that it takes just 7.5% of the revenue raised under an auction to preserve the asset values of existing generators.

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The Effect of Allowance Allocation on the Cost of Carbon Emission Trading

Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen L.; Bharvirkar, Ranjit; … - 2001

generation performance standard as alternative approaches for distributing carbon emission allowances in the electricity sector … generation performance standard at protecting households and at preserving asset values for producers. It also yields revenues … performance standard yields the lowest electricity price but highest natural gas price. The auction does better than the …

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The Effect of Allowance Allocation on the Cost of Carbon Emission Trading

Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen; Bharvirkar, Ranjit; … - 2001

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