Clean Energy Standards
Clean energy standards offer a technology-neutral approach to reducing carbon emissions in the electricity sector. Experts at RFF are currently working with policymakers to provide economic analysis on potential clean energy standard legislation.
Analysis of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019
How would the proposed act affect emissions?
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Testimony and Public Comments — Oct 30, 2019
Hearing on Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for the Power Sector
Written Testimony Prepared for the Energy Subcommittee of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release — Oct 22, 2019
New Issue Brief: Options for Issuing Emissions Allowances in a Pennsylvania Carbon Pricing Policy
A new issue brief explores options for issuing emissions allowances in a Pennsylvania carbon pricing policy.
Journal Article — Oct 21, 2019
Peaking Interest: How Awareness Drives the Effectiveness of Time-of-Use Electricity Pricing
This paper examines a new machine-learning method to estimate heterogeneous electricity demand responses to time-varying prices in an experiment on Irish households.
Testimony and Public Comments — Oct 30, 2019
Hearing on Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for the Power Sector
Written Testimony Prepared for the Energy Subcommittee of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Journal Article — Oct 21, 2019
Peaking Interest: How Awareness Drives the Effectiveness of Time-of-Use Electricity Pricing
This paper examines a new machine-learning method to estimate heterogeneous electricity demand responses to time-varying prices in an experiment on Irish households.
Working Paper — Aug 14, 2019
Jobs and Environmental Regulation
Drawing from both our own recent work and the broader economic literature, we attempt to identify what we know and what we don’t know about the politically important question on the relationship between environmental regulations and jobs.
Press Release — Oct 22, 2019
New Issue Brief: Options for Issuing Emissions Allowances in a Pennsylvania Carbon Pricing Policy
A new issue brief explores options for issuing emissions allowances in a Pennsylvania carbon pricing policy.
Press Release — Aug 14, 2019
New Research from Hafstead and Williams on Jobs and Environmental Regulations
Marc Hafstead and Roberton Williams reveal six key takeaways from recent research on jobs and environmental regulations..
Press Release — May 30, 2019
New Paper on Addressing the Urgency of More Stringent Climate Change Policy
A paper by Lawrence H. Goulder explores how economists can address climate change by integrating considerations of urgency in their analyses.
Do Environmental Regulations Kill Jobs?
Marc Hafstead explores six key takeaways from recent work on jobs and environmental regulations.
The Green New Deal and the New Deal: Is the Analogy Apt?
Resources Magazine: Complying with EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Options for States
This post is an excerpt of our recent article in Resources magazine. Power plants are responsible for more than one-third of greenhouse gas emissio...