Distributing CO2 Allowances Would Be Big Deal Under EPA Clean Power Plan

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Date

Jan. 11, 2016

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Generation Hub

" "RFF’s Dallas Burtraw has written extensively on emission allowance issues. When CO2 emissions become regulated they will become scarce, and therefore valuable, Burtraw said. 'The decision we are talking about now is how to distribute that value into the economy.' Burtraw said. Don’t expect this EPA rule to be the last word on CO2 emissions."

Topics

Clean Energy Regulations

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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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