On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL 109-58). This was the first major piece of … energy legislation enacted since 1992 following five years of Congressional efforts to pass energy legislation. Among other …-existing initiatives that the law extends as well as new initiatives. In this paper I survey federal tax energy policy focusing both on …

Despite popularity among economists for their efficiency, energy pollution taxes enjoy less political support than … on pollution tax incidence and consumption surveys in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States, suggest energy … to the energy commodities that are taxed, the physical, social and climatic characteristics of jurisdictions in which …

The diffusion of renewable energy in the power system implies high supply variability. Lacking economically viable … storage options, renewable energy integration has so far been possible thanks to the presence of fast-reacting mid … technologies in supporting renewable energy investments. We study the deployment of these two technologies conditional on all other …

2045 technology and pessimistic interhour demand flexibility uses 79 percent renewable energy, without even accounting for … pollution externalities. If overall demand for electricity is more elastic than our baseline (0.1), renewable energy is even …

We explore the principal trends that are shaping the future landscape of energy supply, demand, and trade. We take a … scale, as well as assess the key regional dynamics that are substantially altering the energy scene. The shift from West to … East in the locus of energy growth and the turnaround of North American gas and oil production are the most pronounced of …

gradually, rather than immediately reducing CO2 emissions. The Accord effectively tells dirty-energy producers to "use it or …

energy. The analysis is conducted using patent data on a panel of 25 countries over the period 1978-2003. It is found that … effective for different renewable energy sources …

Using an analytical general equilibrium model, we find closed form solutions for the effect of energy policy on factor …