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ELSA: an electric power supply analysis model for the Pacific Northwest. [Effects of developments]
Harrington, T.P.; Jacobsen, J.J. - 2008
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) is conducting a program to help assess impacts of energy-related developments through the year 2025 in six northwestern states--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. ELSA (Electric Power Supply Analysis Model), one component of this...
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Geopressured-geothermal energy development: government incentives and institutional structures
Frederick, D.O.; Prestwood, D.C.L.; Roberts, K.; … - 2007
The following subjects are included: a geothermal resource overview, the evolution of the current Texas geopressured-geothermal institutional structure, project evaluation with uncertainty and the structure of incentives, the natural gas industry, the electric utility industry, potential...
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Geothermal investment analysis with site-specific applications to Roosevelt Hot Springs and Cove Fort-Sulphurdale, Utah
Cassel, T.A.V.; Edelstein, R.H.; Blair, P.D. - 2007
The analysis and modeling of investment behavior in the development of hydrothermal electric power facilities are reported. This investment behavior reflects a degree of sensitivity to public policy alternatives concerning taxation and regulation of the resource and its related energy conversion...
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Regulatory and tax treatment of electric resources
Hadley, S.; Hirst, E. - 2008
Integrated resource Planning (IRP) focuses on providing customer energy-service needs at the lowest cost. This paper addresses the flip side of IRP, how shareholders -are when utilities build power plants with different capital and operating costs, buy power from others, or run demand-side...
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Why Cafe Worked
Greene, D.L. - 2009
second best status. As a public policy aimed at correcting an externality, regulations can be the key part of a first best … than even a motor fuel tax. This does not mean that gasoline or vehicle use taxes are not important or useful policy tools …. Indeed, they are essential if policies are to be economically efficient. It means that taxes will be most effective and …
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Handbook for preservation of local railroad service. Final report
Patton, E.P.; Langley, C.J. Jr. - 2008
Throughout the United States, there is an accelerating abandonment of redundant and/or unprofitable light-density railroad lines. This abandonment can be economically harmful to both the shippers and the communities that were previously served. Although greater dependence upon truck...
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Geysers Unit 18
Finney, John P. - 2006
those dividends are paid after taxes. When money borrowed to build a project costs more than you can earn on the project …
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Operations research and systems analysis of geopressured/geothermal resources in Texas. Final report
Lesso, W.G.; Zinn, C.D.; Cornwell, J. - 2007
A preliminary resource assessment, based on the best available parameters, was made to identify potentially suitable fairways. Of those examined only the Brazoria Fairway in the Frio Formation was able to produce sufficient fluid to meet the minimum requirements. These requirements are based...
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How many people actually see the price signal? Quantifying marketfailures in the end use of energy
Meier, Alan; Eide, Anita - 2008
were eliminated; however it does suggest that raising energyprices such as in the form of carbon taxes will not necessarily …
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Intergenerational transfers and the social discount rate
Howarth, R.B.; Norgaard, R.B. - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between intergenerational asset transfers and the choice of the discount rate for use in cost-benefit analysis in a model of a competitive overlapping generations economy constrained by a socially managed exhaustible resource. Provided that there are no...
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