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88 publications found for:
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Topic: Carbon Emissions and Climate Policy
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| Avoided Energy Supply Costs in New England: 2009 Report |
Prepared for AESC / Massachusetts Avoided Energy Supply Components Study Group, October 23, 2009.
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| Testimony Addressing First Energy Companies' Proposed Advanced Metering Infrastructure |
Testimony of Rick Hornby, prepared for Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, October 21, 2009.
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| Testimony Regarding the Advanced Meter Infrastructure Plans of Potomac Electric Power Company and Delmarva Power and Light Company |
Testimony of Rick Hornby, prepared for Maryland Office of the People's Counsel, October 20, 2009.
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| Testimony Regarding Allegheny Power's Smart Meter Technology Plan |
Testimony of Rick Hornby, prepared for Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, October 16, 2009.
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| Testimony Regarding Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's Smart Grid Initiative |
Testimony of Rick Hornby, prepared for Maryland Office of the People's Counsel, October 13, 2009.
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| Testimony on Energy Efficiency and Demand Response in Virginia |
Testimony of William Steinhurst, prepared for Southern Environmental Law Center, Appalachian Voices, and Sierra Club, July 31, 2009.
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| Productive and Unproductive Costs of CO2 Cap-and-Trade: Impacts on Electricity Consumers and Producers |
Prepared for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and American Public Power Association, July 15, 2009.
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| Testimony Regarding Florida Demand Side Management Policy and Planning |
Testimony of William Steinhurst, prepared for Natural Resources Defense Council, and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, July 6, 2009.
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| Amending China's Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law: Recommendations from the International Experience |
Prepared for Regulatory Assistance Project, July 1, 2009.
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| No Need to Wait: Using Energy Efficiency and Offsets to Meet Early Electric Sector Greenhouse Gas Targets |
Prepared for Environmental Defense, May 1, 2009.
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| Importing Pollution: Coal's Threat to Climate Policy in the U.S. Northeast |
Prepared for Union of Concerned Scientists, December 1, 2008.
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| Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: First Auction of GHG Allowances Considered a Success |
Presented by Chris James at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China, prepared for Regulatory Assistance Project, November 10, 2008.
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| Has U.S. Regional Planning Helped Support a Multi-pollutant Approach to Air Quality? |
Presented by Chris James at the Regional Air Quality Management Conference in Beijing, China, prepared for Regulatory Assistance Project, November 6, 2008.
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| The Electric Industry at a Glance |
Prepared for National Regulatory Research Institute, November 1, 2008.
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| Testimony on the Nevada Power Company's Proposed Amendment to its Integrated Resource Plan |
Testimony of Ezra Hausman, prepared for Western Resource Advocates, and Nevadans for Affordable Reliable Clean Energy, August 12, 2008.
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| Testimony on the Application of Alliant Energy for the Construction of a New Coal-Fired Generating Unit |
Testimony of David Schlissel and Bob Fagan, prepared for Clean Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board, August 11, 2008.
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| Synapse 2008 CO2 Price Forecasts |
July 30, 2008.
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| Reducing Emissions in Connecticut on High Electric Demand Days (HEDD) |
Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, July 25, 2008.
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| Analysis of Indirect Emissions Benefits of Wind, Landfill Gas, and Municipal Solid Waste Generation |
Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, July 23, 2008.
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| Testimony Before the Mississippi Public Service Commission to Review Statewide Electric Generation Needs |
Testimony of William Steinhurst and Ezra Hausman, prepared for Sierra Club, June 10, 2008.
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| Cap and Trade Carbon Dioxide Regulation: Efficient Mitigation or a Give-away? |
Presented at the ELCON Spring 2008 Conference, June 3, 2008.
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| Creating a Future |
Presented at the REV Distributed Energy Conference, prepared for REV Distributed Energy Conference, May 15, 2008.
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| Prudent Planning and New Coal-Fired Generation |
Presented by Bruce Biewald at the CERES 2008 Conference, April 29, 2008.
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| Greenhouse Gas Adder for Use in Determining the 2008 Market Price Referent (MPR) |
Presented by David Schlissel before the California Public Utilities Commission, prepared for Union of Concerned Scientists, March 27, 2008.
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| Testimony Regarding Nova Scotia Power Inc's Demand Side Management Plan |
Testimony of Bruce Biewald, prepared for Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, March 17, 2008.
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| Don't Get Burned: The Risks of Investing in New Coal-Fired Generating Facilities |
Prepared for Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, February 26, 2008.
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| Don't Get Burned: The Risks of Investing in New Coal-Fired Generating Facilities |
Prepared for Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, February 26, 2008.
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| The Risks of Participating in the AMPGS Coal Plant |
Prepared for Natural Resources Defense Council, Ohio Environmental Council, and Sierra Club, February 13, 2008.
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| Kansas is Not Alone - The New Climate for Coal |
Presentation by David Schlissel and Ezra Hausman, January 21, 2008.
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| Climate Change Policies in the Northeast - Carbon Emission Caps and Energy Cost |
ASHRAE Winter Meeting, prepared for American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and & A/C Engineers, January 19, 2008.
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| Katrina Destroyed Over 300 Million Trees, Releasing Millions of Tons of Carbon into the Atmosphere |
November 19, 2007.
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| Testimony Regarding a Proposed Coal Plant in Wise County, Virginia |
Testimony of David Schlissel, prepared for Southern Environmental Law Center, November 2, 2007.
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| Assessment of Need for Proposed Transmission Line between Pennsylvania and Virginia |
Testimony of Bob Fagan, prepared for Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, October 31, 2007.
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| Testimony Regarding Carbon Cost in Sierra Pacific's Integrated Resource Plan |
Testimony of Ezra Hausman, prepared for Environmental Defense, and Western Resource Advocates, October 17, 2007.
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| Electricity Cost Highlights of Avoided Energy Supply Costs in New England 2007 Final Report |
Presentation by Rick Hornby, Mike Drunsic, and Paul Chernick at NSTAR, prepared for NSTAR, October 5, 2007.
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| Testimony Addressing the Proposed Repowering of the Little Gypsy Unit 3 Plant |
Testimony by David Schlissel, prepared for Sierra Club, September 14, 2007.
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| Exploration of Costs for Load Side and Supply Side Carbon Caps for California |
Joint En Banc Hearing of PUC and CEC on Point of Regulation in the Electricity Sector (R.06-04-009), prepared for Regulatory Assistance Project, and California Public Utilities Commission, August 21, 2007.
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| Avoided Energy Supply Costs: 2007 Final Report |
Prepared for AESC / Massachusetts Avoided Energy Supply Components Study Group, August 10, 2007.
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| ISO New England Scenario Analysis Companion Report - Constructing a Future that Meets Regional Goals |
Prepared for Conservation Law Foundation, and Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, August 8, 2007.
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| ASHRAE Special Project: Carbon Emissions Calculation Tool Project Report |
Prepared for American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and & A/C Engineers, June 20, 2007.
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| White Paper on Least Cost Electricity Procurement in Rhode Island |
Prepared for Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Working Group, May 31, 2007.
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| Review of IGCC Plant Proposal by Duke Energy Indiana and Vectren |
Testimony of Synapse Witnesses, prepared for Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Save the Valley, Valley Watch, and Sierra Club, May 15, 2007.
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| Carbon Dioxide Emissions Costs and Electricity Resource Planning |
Presentation by Anna Sommer and David Schlissel before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Case No. 06-00448-UT, prepared for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, March 28, 2007.
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| Testimony Regarding Florida Power & Light's Proposed Glades Coal Plants |
Testimony of David Schlissel, prepared for Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Save our Creeks, Florida Wildlife Federation, and Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, March 16, 2007.
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| Duke Standard Offer Service Rate Case |
Testimony of Neil Talbot, prepared for Ohio Consumers' Counsel, March 9, 2007.
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| Climate Change and Power: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Costs and Electricity Resource Planning |
March 2, 2007.
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| Reply Comments Regarding Implementation of Energy Efficiency and DSM Programs in North Carolina, Docket No. E-100, Sub 110 |
Reply Comments of Tim Woolf and Anna Sommer, prepared for Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Environmental Defense, and Southern Environmental Law Center, February 16, 2007.
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| Evaluation of Proposed Big Stone II Generating Facility |
Testimony of Synapse Witnesses, prepared for Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Fresh Energy, Izaak Walton League of America Midwest Office, Wind on the Wires, and Union of Concerned Scientists, November 17, 2006.
[Schlissel & Sommer Testimony regarding Greenhouse Gas Regulations 11/17/06]
[Hausman Testimony regarding Global Climate Change 11/17/06]
[Schlissel & Sommer Testimony regarding Modeling Issues 11/29/06]
[Woolf Testimony 11/29/06]
[Drunsic Testimony 11/29/06]
[Fagan Testimony 12/8/06]
[Errata to Direct Testimony 12/7/06]
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| Evaluation of Duke Energy's Proposal for Two Cliffside Project Coal Units |
Testimony of David Schlissel and Anna Sommer, prepared for Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Environmental Defense, and Southern Environmental Law Center, September 6, 2006.
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| Testimony Regarding the Proposed Big Stone II Coal-Fired Generating Facility |
Testimony of David Schlissel, Anna Sommer, and Ezra Hausman, prepared for Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, May 19, 2006.
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[Hausman Testimony 5/19/06]
[Schlissel & Sommer Testimony 5/26/06]
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| Review of Pacific Gas and Electric's Application to Establish a Demonstration Climate Protection Program and Tariff Option |
Testimony of Amy Roschelle, prepared for The Utility Reform Network (TURN), May 5, 2006.
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| Energy in the Northern Forest Region: A Situation Analysis |
Prepared for Northern Forest Center, May 1, 2006.
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| Review of NSPI Emissions Compliance Plan |
Testimony of Bob Fagan, prepared for Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, January 30, 2006.
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| Forecasting and Using Carbon Prices in a World of Uncertainty |
Presentation by Bruce Biewald, January 22, 2006.
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| IGCC - A Public Interest Perspective |
Presentation by Anna Sommer, January 22, 2006.
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| Potential Cost Impacts of a Renewable Portfolio Standard in New Brunswick |
Prepared for New Brunswick Department of Energy, October 1, 2005.
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| Using Electric System Operating Margins and Build Margins: Quantification of Carbon Emission Reductions Attributable to Grid Connected CDM Projects |
Prepared for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), September 19, 2005.
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| Energy Efficiency in the Northeast |
Presentation by Bruce Biewald to ACEEE National Conference on Efficiency as a Resource, Berkeley, California, prepared for American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, September 1, 2005.
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| Taking Climate Change into Account in Utility Planning: Zero is the Wrong Carbon Value |
Prepared for Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and Hoosier Environmental Council, March 17, 2005.
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| Review of PSI Energy Environmental Compliance Plan Filing |
Direct Testimony of Bruce Biewald, prepared for Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and Hoosier Environmental Council, March 17, 2005.
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| New Jersey's Proposed 20 Percent Renewable Portfolio Standard |
How to link NJ RPS benefits with NJ BGS portfolio management benefits, Presentation by Amy Roschelle, February 22, 2005.
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| Avoided Costs for the Java Wind Project |
Testimony of Tim Woolf, prepared for South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Staff, February 15, 2005.
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| Estimating the Emission Reductions from Energy Efficiency in the Northeast |
Presentation by Bruce Biewald, prepared for American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, August 1, 2004.
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| A Responsible Electricity Future: An Efficient, Cleaner and Balanced Scenario for the US Electricity System |
Prepared for National Commission on Energy Policy, and National Association of State PIRGs, June 11, 2004.
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| Incorporating Renewable Generation into a Risk Management Strategy |
Presentation by Bruce Biewald, May 25, 2004.
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| A Balanced Energy Plan for the Interior West |
Prepared for Western Resource Advocates, May 1, 2004.
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| Review of GHG Modeling for Connecticut |
Prepared for Connecticut Climate Coalition, December 15, 2003.
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| Potential Cost Impacts of Vermont Renewable Portfolio Standard |
Prepared for Vermont Public Service Board, October 16, 2003.
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| Potential Cost Impacts of a Vermont Renewable Portfolio Standard |
Presentation by Tim Woolf, September 11, 2003.
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| Air Quality In Queens County: Opportunities for Cleaning Up the Air in Queens County and Neighboring Regions |
Prepared for Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Coalition Helping Organize a Kleaner Environment, and Keyspan Energy, May 12, 2003.
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| Determining the Market Price Benchmark for the California Renewable Portfolio Standard |
Testimony of Tim Woolf, prepared for Union of Concerned Scientists, April 1, 2003.
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| The Maryland Renewable Portfolio Standard: An Assessment of Potential Cost Impacts |
Prepared for Maryland Public Interest Research Group, March 27, 2003.
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| A Clean Path to Ozone Annex Compliance: Phasing Out Ontario's Coal-Fired Power Plants |
Prepared for Sierra Club Ontario, March 21, 2003.
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| Energy Efficiency Potential on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard: Long-Term Forecasts and Scenarios |
Prepared for Cape Light Compact, February 21, 2003.
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| Multi-Pollutant Programs in CT, MA, NH, and NY |
Prepared for Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), June 25, 2002.
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| Predicting Avoided Emissions from Policies that Encourage Energy Efficiency and Clean Power |
Prepared for Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), June 24, 2002.
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| Survey of Clean Power and Energy Efficiency Programs |
Prepared for Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), January 14, 2002.
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| Powering the South: A Clean & Affordable Energy Plan for the Southern United States |
Prepared for Renewable Energy Policy Project, January 1, 2002.
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| A Retrospective Review of FERC's Environmental Impact Statement on Open Transmission Access |
Prepared for North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), October 19, 2001.
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| Repowering the Midwest |
Overview of Findings, Presentation by Tim Woolf, February 14, 2001.
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| Repowering the Midwest: The Clean Energy Development Plan for the Heartland |
Prepared for Environmental Law and Policy Center, and A coalition of Midwest environmental advocates, January 1, 2001.
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| Electricity Market Distortions Associated With Inconsistent Air Quality Regulations |
April 1, 2000.
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| Use of Selective Catalytic Reduction For Control of NOx Emissions From Power Plants in the U. S. |
Prepared for OntAIRio Campaign, February 1, 2000.
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| Electricity Market Distortions Associated With Inconsistent Air Quality Regulations |
Prepared for Project for a Sustainable FERC Energy Policy, November 18, 1999.
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| Challenges Faced by Clean Generation Resources Under Electricity Restructuring |
Presentation by Tim Woolf, November 9, 1999.
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| Comments on the Scope of Issues for FERC Staff's Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Rule on RTO's |
Prepared for Project for a Sustainable FERC Energy Policy, June 14, 1999.
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| The Role of Ozone Transport in Reaching Attainment in the Northeast: Opportunities, Equity, and Economics |
Prepared for Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), and Global Development and Environment Institute, July 1, 1998.
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| Grandfathering and Environmental Comparability: An Economic Analysis of Air Emission Regulation and Electricity Market Distortions |
Prepared for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, January 26, 1998.
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