) emissions from electricity generation in the eastern U.S. Under each of 18 scenarios examined, we find an annual policy would …

electric power sector using a cap-and-trade program. This paper assesses the importance of long-term electricity contracts … electricity and a small effect on retail price. States may want to consider contracts on a case-by-case basis when making …

Planning of the electricity transmission system generally focuses on the pros and cons of providing generation close to … the source of the power demand versus remote generation linked via the transmission system. Recent electricity supply … electricity supply. Recently, the Western Governors’ Association led the development of a planning exercise that examined the …

policies to provide revenue for the sale of electricity generated from captured methane gas. Individually, any of these …

generation performance standard as alternative approaches for distributing carbon emission allowances in the electricity sector …. We solve a detailed national electricity market model and find the auction is roughly one-half the societal cost of the … competition in the electricity sector. The differences in the cost of the approaches flow from the effect of each approach on …

We analyze policies to promote renewable sources of electricity. A renewable portfolio standard raises electricity … production tax credit lowers electricity price at the expense of taxpayers and thus limits its effectiveness in reducing carbon …

regional, mandatory, market-based cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity sector …. The initiative is expected to lead to an increase in the price of electricity in the RGGI region and beyond. The … implications of these changes for the value of electricity-generating assets and the market value of the firms that own them …