Morning Energy Newsletter: Energy Act's Impact

A new study on the benefits and costs of advanced energy technologies is featured in POLITICO's Morning Energy newsletter.

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Date

May 3, 2021

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Media Highlight

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POLITICO

ENERGY ACT’S IMPACT: A recent study by Resources for the Future found that funding for research, development and demonstration in advanced energy technologies (carbon capture, advanced nuclear and direct air capture to name a few) mirroring those under last year’s Energy Act would have a number of social benefits outnumbering costs, including on electricity consumer costs, health and climate — from 7 to 10 times the costs of the technologies. Read the study here.

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Advanced Energy Technologies Project

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Daniel Shawhan

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Daniel Shawhan is a fellow at RFF. His research focuses on predicting and estimating the effects of electricity policies, including environmental ones.

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