Date
April 3, 2012
Authors
Karen Palmer, Margaret A. Walls, and Todd Gerarden
Publication
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Karen Palmer
Senior Fellow; Director, Electric Power Program
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.
Margaret A. Walls
Senior Fellow; Director, Climate Risks and Resilience Program
Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.
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