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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Electricity Policies
Autores: | Palmer,   Karen L.; Burtraw,   Dallas.
Data: | 2005-10-26
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Renewable energy; Electricity; Renewable portfolio standard; Carbon dioxide; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q42; Q48; Q54.
Resumo: | We analyze policies to promote renewable sources of electricity. A renewable portfolio standard raises electricity prices and primarily reduces gas-fired generation. A "knee" of the cost curve exists between 15% and 20% goals for 2020 in our central case, and higher natural gas prices lower the cost of greater reliance on renewables. A renewable energy production tax credit lowers electricity price at the expense of taxpayers and thus limits its effectiveness in reducing carbon emissions; it also is less cost-effective at increasing renewables than a portfolio standard. Neither policy is as cost-effective as a cap-and-trade policy for achieving carbon emissions reductions.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

18674

http://purl.umn.edu/10845

Editor: | AgEcon Search

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