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Today’s electricity markets must balance growing consumer demand with regulatory or market-based policy requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Research at RFF helps policymakers understand how domestic and international markets for electricity respond to government actions, consumer trends, and market uncertainties.
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Common Resources — Nov 8, 2023
More than Transmission: Examining Four Solutions That Could Help the United States Build a Cleaner Grid
The US electricity transmission system is unprepared for the growth in new electricity that’s necessary to meet US climate goals. Four solutions could help prepare the grid for higher demand and complement the expansion of the transmission system.
Resources Radio — Oct 3, 2023
Cutting the Queue and Emissions in the US Power Sector, with Will Gorman
Will Gorman discusses the interconnection queue (the waiting list for developers that hope to connect power plants to the US electric grid), the reasons for recent growth in wait times, and reforms that could speed up the queue.
Common Resources — Sep 28, 2023
Designing Climate Policy for the Electricity Sector
Recent federal policy incentivizes low-carbon electricity generation. This conversation shares insights from experts about additional policy approaches that can help decarbonize the electricity sector while addressing environmental justice.
Resources Radio — Jul 4, 2023
The Impact of Coal’s Decline in West Virginia, with Jamie Van Nostrand
Jamie Van Nostrand discusses West Virginia’s support of the coal industry, how reliance on coal has affected residents, and the state’s energy future.
Journal Article — Sep 25, 2022
A Review of Impacts of Electricity Tariff Reform in Africa
This review examines the academic literature on the impacts of electricity tariff reform in Africa and facilitates comparison across countries and sectors, shedding light on the successes and shortcomings of various tariff reform efforts on the continent.
Working Paper — Sep 29, 2021
RCTs Against the Machine: Can Machine Learning Prediction Methods Recover Experimental Treatment Effects?
RFF researchers examine how well machine learning counterfactual prediction tools can estimate causal treatment effects.
Explainer — Aug 12, 2021
FERC 102: FERC’s Role in Grid Decarbonization
FERC 102: FERC’s Role in Grid Decarbonization
Explainer — Aug 12, 2021
FERC 101: Electricity Regulation and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC 101: Electricity Regulation and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RFF Live — Sep 13, 2022
Pathways toward Grid Decarbonization
New modeling illuminates opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the US electric power sector
RFF Live — May 11, 2022
Capacity Markets and the Clean Energy Transition
A discussion on the role of capacity markets in an evolving electricity sector
RFF Live — Jan 22, 2020
RFF Live's Future of Power Event Series: Making Sense of FERC's MOPR Order
RFF Live's Future of Power Event Series: Making Sense of FERC's MOPR Order
Workshop — Nov 28, 2018
Market Design for the Clean Energy Transition
Co-hosted with World Resources Institute.
Common Resources — Nov 8, 2023
More than Transmission: Examining Four Solutions That Could Help the United States Build a Cleaner Grid
The US electricity transmission system is unprepared for the growth in new electricity that’s necessary to meet US climate goals. Four solutions could help prepare the grid for higher demand and complement the expansion of the transmission system.
Resources Radio — Oct 3, 2023
Cutting the Queue and Emissions in the US Power Sector, with Will Gorman
Will Gorman discusses the interconnection queue (the waiting list for developers that hope to connect power plants to the US electric grid), the reasons for recent growth in wait times, and reforms that could speed up the queue.
Common Resources — Sep 28, 2023
Designing Climate Policy for the Electricity Sector
Recent federal policy incentivizes low-carbon electricity generation. This conversation shares insights from experts about additional policy approaches that can help decarbonize the electricity sector while addressing environmental justice.
Resources Radio — Jul 4, 2023
The Impact of Coal’s Decline in West Virginia, with Jamie Van Nostrand
Jamie Van Nostrand discusses West Virginia’s support of the coal industry, how reliance on coal has affected residents, and the state’s energy future.
Media Highlight — Jun 9, 2023
E&E News: "PA Coal Plants Keep Closing. Does the State Need Carbon Trading?"
An article about Pennsylvania's changing electricity landscape cites a report authored by scholars at RFF and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Media Highlight — May 12, 2022
S&P Global: "Capacity Markets, though Flawed, Seen as Critical in US Energy Transition"
This story details a May 11 RFF Live event on capacity markets, as well as a new book on the same topic coauthored by RFF University Fellow Todd Aagaard.
Media Highlight — May 19, 2021
RFF Floats Goldilocks Plan for Power CO2
RFF Floats Goldilocks Plan for Power CO2
Press Release — May 18, 2021
Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Coal Plants—and Surviving Legal Hurdles—with Natural Gas and the Clean Air Act
Cofiring with natural gas at coal-fired power plants may provide a path through the court system for a federal regulation on carbon dioxide.