Harvard Environmental Insights Podcast: "The Electricity Sector and Climate Policy: A Discussion with Karen Palmer"

Senior Fellow Karen Palmer, who leads RFF's Electric Power Program, shares her thoughts on electricity regulation, climate policy, and more in this podcast episode.

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Date

Aug. 8, 2023

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Harvard's Environmental Insights Podcast

Energy economist Karen Palmer, renowned for her research on the nation’s electric power sector, shared her insights on electricity regulation and deregulation, carbon pricing, and climate change policy in the latest episode of “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.”

Topics

Electric Power

Related People

Karen Palmer

Senior Fellow; Director, Electric Power Program

Karen Palmer is a senior fellow at Resources for the Future and an expert on the economics of environmental, climate and public utility regulation of the electric power sector.

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