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Climate Regulation of the Electricity Industry : A Comparative View from Australia, Great Britain, South Korea, and the United States

Davies, Lincoln L. - 2017

Climate regulation of the electricity sector is one of the most important growing — and rapidly changing — areas of law and policy today. This is both because of the critical role that electricity plays in modern society, acting as economic lifeblood, and because of electricity's part in...

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How effective was the UK carbon tax? : a machine learning approach to policy evaluation

Abrell, Jan; Kosch, Miriam; Rausch, Sebastian - 2019

Carbon taxes are commonly seen as a rational policy response to climate change, but little is known about their performance from an ex-post perspective. This paper analyzes the emissions and cost impacts of the UK CPS, a carbon tax levied on all fossil-fired power plants. To overcome the problem...

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Towards An Inclusive Energy Transition Beyond Coal - a Comparison of Just Transition Policies Away from Coal between China, the EU and the US

Zhu, Erpu; Campbell, Loyle; Hafner, Manfred; Lu, Xinqing; … - 2022

comparing the current state of the coal sector and just transition policies away from coal. How can social justice in the energy … transition policies and legislations for workers and communities impacted by the coal phase down or phase out in recent years … work towards ensuring the integration of coal workers and coal communities into the clean economy in the process of coal …

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The Contribution of Taxes, Subsidies and Regulations to British Electricity Decarbonisation

Green, Richard; Staffell, Iain - 2021

in renewable generation, closure of coal power stations, raising carbon prices and energy efficiency measures. Previous …

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Policies to reach net zero emissions in the United Kingdom

Pareliussen, Jon - 2022

The United Kingdom is among world leaders in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and a broad political consensus supports the target to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. The UK’s strong institutional framework is an inspiration to countries around the world, and the country is...

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People or places? : factors associated with the presence of domestic energy efficiency measures in England

Leicester, Andrew; Stoye, George - 2013

We use English household-level survey data from 1996 to 2010 to explore whether economic market failures play a significant role in explaining the presence of energy efficiency measures (loft insulation, cavity wall insulation and full double glazing) in residential properties. There appears to...

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Charging Drivers by the Pound : The Effects of the UK Vehicle Tax System

Cerruti, Davide - 2017

Policymakers have been considering vehicle and fuel taxes to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions, but there is little evidence on the relative efficacy of these approaches. We examine an annual vehicle registration tax, the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), which is based on carbon emissions...

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