Borrowing to Save Energy: An Assessment of Energy-Efficiency Financing Programs

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April 3, 2012

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Karen Palmer, Margaret A. Walls, and Todd Gerarden

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Karen Palmer

Senior Fellow

Karen Palmer is a senior fellow at Resources for the Future and an expert on the economics of environmental, climate and public utility regulation of the electric power sector.

Margaret A. Walls

Senior Fellow

Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.

Todd Gerarden

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