emissions. In the near-term, R&D investments, either by government or the private sector, can bring down the costs of these … technologies under uncertainty. Specifically, given two technologies, one with lower costs at present, but the other with greater …

. Our focus is on quantifying short-term coal-to-gas switching decisions by different types of electric power plants in …

This paper evaluates changes in fuel procurement practices by coal- and gas-fired power plants in the United States … plants substantially reduce the price paid for coal (but not gas), and tend to employ less capital-intensive sulfur abatement … more productive coal mines. I show how these results lend support to theories of asymmetric information, capital bias, and …

Energy-efficient technologies offer considerable promise for reducing the financial costs and environmental damages … economically efficient? Second, are energy operating costs inefficiently priced and/or understood? Third, are product choices cost …-minimizing in present value terms? Fourth, do other costs inhibit more energy-efficient decisions? We review empirical evidence on …

for credibly estimating the net present value of energy cost savings and often leaves other benefits and costs unmeasured …