Liability coverage for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is of paramount importance if the industry is going to mature and develop in a way that will allow it to make a significant contribution to mitigating climate change. Liability for CCS can be broken into two phases – short-term,...

Liability coverage for CCS is of paramount importance if the industry is going to mature and develop in a way that will allow it to make a significant contribution to mitigating climate change. Very few of the liability schemes that have thus far been implemented, with the exception of the...

State-level CCS legislation, especially related to pore space designation, has blossomed over the last few years. However, the legislation that has passed does not yet provide an environment that would lead to the successful commercialization of CCS. Allowing the federal government to assume...

The Idaho Office of Energy Resources requested that the Center for Advanced Energy Studies' Energy Policy Institute provide an analysis of Washington State's Senate Bill 5101 (SB5101), with a particular emphasis on its possible applicability to Idaho. SB5101's major component is an incentive for...

A team of researchers developed the first U.S. economic input-output analysis model and resulting impacts for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in 2009-2010. The team sought to answer the question, “What are the potential impacts of the manufacture, construction, and operation of SMRs in...

The purpose of this document is to inform members of the public who are involved in a study of their preferences for ways that Idaho can meet future electricity demand. It is intended to provide only a baseline of information and was written to intentionally not lead the reader to specific...