Reducing Emissions from the Electricity Sector: The Costs and Benefits Nationwide and for the Empire State

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Date

June 1, 2005

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Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, and Jhih-Shyang Shih

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Working Paper

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1 minute

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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.

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.

Jhih-Shyang Shih

Fellow

Jhih-Shyang Shih is a fellow at RFF. His research interests lie in integrated system analysis of environmental and resource policy and decisionmaking.

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