Testimony of Philip Sharp, President, Resources for the Future

Resources Radio — Sep 10, 2024

Power Flows: Understanding the Barriers to Electricity Transmission, with Catherine Hausman

Catherine Hausman discusses the benefits of building new electricity transmission lines, the costs of not building new transmission, and why more transmission is not being built in the United States.

Report — Sep 5, 2024

Modeling Obstacles to Energy Infrastructure for Improved Policy Analysis

This report summarizes key takeaways from a series of workshops convened to identify and find solutions to energy infrastructure deployment challenges.

Journal Article — Aug 27, 2024

Leveraging the Inflation Reduction Act to Achieve 80x30 in the US Electricity Sector

This paper examines the consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act and of policies designed to hit the Paris target for generation mix, consumer costs of electricity, the federal budget, air quality, and human health.

Media Highlight — Aug 7, 2024

Washington Post: “Americans Tapped $8 Billion in Tax Credits on Home Energy Upgrades”

RFF Senior Fellow Karen Palmer is quoted in this article about how Americans used tax credits made available under the Inflation Reduction Act.