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Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … lower electricity prices. Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost …
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in electricity demand. In response, American energy multinationals have built power plants just south of the border that … export most of their electricity to the United States. This development has stirred considerable controversy because these …
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in electricity demand. In response, American energy multinationals have built power plants just south of the border that … export most of their electricity to the United States. This development has stirred considerable controversy because these …
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Storm-related service outages in electricity and telecommunications have created public controversies regarding the …
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generate revenue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Imposing a carbon tax on electricity production based on the social cost … electricity markets. The sources of emissions reductions in the sector depend on the level of the tax. A carbon tax based on lower …
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Twenty states in the United States have adopted energy efficiency resource standards (EERS) that specify absolute or per¬centage reductions in energy use relative to business as usual. We examine how an EERS compares to policies oriented to meeting objectives, such as reducing greenhouse gas...
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achieve quantitative goals for reducing energy use by a certain year. EERS policies generally apply to electricity and natural … gas sales and electricity peak demand, though they also cover other energy sources in Europe. Our study aggregates … information about the requirements of existing EERS policies for electricity sales in the United States. We convert quantitative …
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To help inform pollution control policies in the Indian electricity sector we estimate the health damages associated …
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been much debate about their potential effects on electricity reliability. Only very exceptional circumstances would … trigger supply disruptions; however, the changes may affect electricity prices, the generation mix, and industry revenues …. Coincident with these new rules, expectations about natural gas prices and future electricity demand growth are changing in ways …
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