The Importance of Consistency in the Stringency and the Flexibility of the Clean Power Plan

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Date

April 1, 2016

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Dallas Burtraw and Hang Yin

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Issue Brief

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1 minute

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Dallas Burtraw

Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow

Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at RFF. Burtraw’s research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets, including renewables integration.

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