Court Rulings, Regulations Having Little Sway with CSAPR Emissions Markets

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Aug. 7, 2015

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Essentially, two new market trading systems are likely to be formed by the states that choose the rate-based option and the states that choose the mass-based option. However, the rate-based and mass-based states are not expected to be able to trade with each other, Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, said during an Aug. 6 webinar held by Resources for the Future.

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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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