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 | | Karen L. Palmer | | Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow | |
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Karen Palmer is the director of RFF's Electricity and Environment Program. She specializes in the economics of environmental regulation and of public utility regulation. Her research interests include electricity restructuring, environmental regulation of the electricity sector, and the cost effectiveness of energy efficiency programs. Her most recent work has focused on renewable energy and controls of multi-pollutants and carbon emissions from electrical generating plants.
She has done extensive work analyzing different aspects of policy design for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. She is a co-author of the book Alternating Currents:Electricity Markets and Public Policy, published by RFF Press in 2002. Palmer previously served as an economist in the Office of Economic Policy at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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| Featured Publications | | Modeling the Effects of Changes in New Source Review on National SO2 and NOx Emissions from Electricity-Generating Units
| | David A. Evans, Benjamin F. Hobbs, Craig Oren and Karen Palmer | | Environmental Science and Technology | forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 07-01 | | | | Simple Rules for Targetting CO2 Allowance Allocation to Compensate Firms | | Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Danny Kahn | | Climate Policy | Related Discussion Paper 06-28 | | | | Retrospective Review of Energy Efficiency Policies | | Kenny Gillingham, Richard Newell, and Karen Palmer | | Annual Review of Environmenta and Resources | 2006 | 31 | pp. 161-192 | | | | Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Electricity Policies | | Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw | | Energy Economics | 2005 | Vol. 27, No. 6 | 873-894 | Related Discussion Paper 05-01 | | | | SO2 Control by Electric Utilities: What are the Gains from Trade? | | Curtis Carlson, Dallas Burtraw, Maureen Cropper, and Karen L. Palmer | | Journal of Political Economy | December 2000 | Vol. 108, No. 6 | pp. 1292-1326 | Related Discussion Paper 98-44-REV | | | | Winner, Loser or Innocent Victim: Has Renewable Energy Performed as Expected? | | James McVeigh, Dallas Burtraw, Joel Darmstadter, and Karen Palmer | | Solar Energy | Vol. 68, No. 3 | pp. 237-255 | Related Discussion Paper 99-28 | | | | CO2 Allowance Allocation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Effect on Electricity Investors | | Dallas Burtraw, Danny Kahn and Karen Palmer | | The Electricity Journal | March 2006 | Related Discussion Paper 05-55 | | | | The Environmental Impacts of Electricity Restructuring: Looking Back and Looking Forward | | Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw | | Environment & Energy Law & Policy Journal, forthcoming | 2006 | Vol. 1, No. 1 | pp. 171-218 | | | | Compensation Rules for Climate Policy in the Electricity Sector | | Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer | | Journal of Public Policy Analysis and Management | Vol. 27, No. 4 | 819-847 | Related Discussion Paper 07-41 | | | | View All Related Publications |
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| NEWS | | Carbon Cap or Tax? Experts Don't Agree on Whether a Carbon Tax or a Cap-and-Trade System is the Best Way to Set a Price on Carbon Emissions | | Wednesday, March 05, 2008 | | Environmental Science & Technology |
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