Molly Robertson
Senior Research Associate
Molly Robertson is a senior research associate at RFF working on topics related to the electric power sector, including grid decarbonization, electrification, and electricity market design. She has also contributed to RFF’s growing work on equitable community transition and environmental justice. She holds a master’s in public policy from the University of Michigan’s Ford School.
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Issue Brief — Oct 17, 2024
Air Quality Impacts of New York State Cap-Trade-and-Invest Design
Air Quality Impacts of New York State Cap-Trade-and-Invest Design
Resources Magazine — Oct 7, 2024
Putting Resources for the Future on the Map
The “souvenirs” that RFF researchers bring back from their global travels—new perspectives, knowledge, stories, and photos—show a world of Resources that are out there and worth sharing.
Common Resources — Oct 4, 2024
Why Prices Soared in a Recent Auction Held by a Major Electric Grid Operator
Prices soared in the market that pays electricity generators to be available to meet future demand in the PJM Interconnection, prompting policymakers, regulators, and researchers to debate the potential causes of increasing prices, along with solutions.
Report — Sep 5, 2024
Modeling Obstacles to Energy Infrastructure for Improved Policy Analysis
This report summarizes key takeaways from a series of workshops convened to identify and find solutions to energy infrastructure deployment challenges.
Issue Brief — Oct 17, 2024
Air Quality Impacts of New York State Cap-Trade-and-Invest Design
Air Quality Impacts of New York State Cap-Trade-and-Invest Design
Report — Sep 5, 2024
Modeling Obstacles to Energy Infrastructure for Improved Policy Analysis
This report summarizes key takeaways from a series of workshops convened to identify and find solutions to energy infrastructure deployment challenges.
Report — Jun 25, 2024
Time for a Market Upgrade? A Review of Wholesale Electricity Market Designs for the Future
This report evaluates and compares electricity market designs for the clean energy transition.
Issue Brief — Jun 17, 2024
Prioritizing Justice in New York’s Cap-Trade-and-Invest: Obligating Electricity and Capping Generator Emissions
This issue brief, produced in partnership with the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, presents two ways to make New York State's cap-trade-and-invest system more effective at reducing emissions near disadvantaged communities.
Resources Magazine — Oct 7, 2024
Putting Resources for the Future on the Map
The “souvenirs” that RFF researchers bring back from their global travels—new perspectives, knowledge, stories, and photos—show a world of Resources that are out there and worth sharing.
Common Resources — Oct 4, 2024
Why Prices Soared in a Recent Auction Held by a Major Electric Grid Operator
Prices soared in the market that pays electricity generators to be available to meet future demand in the PJM Interconnection, prompting policymakers, regulators, and researchers to debate the potential causes of increasing prices, along with solutions.
Resources Magazine — May 16, 2024
Evolving Electricity Markets
Experts answer: What will US electricity markets look like in an emissions-free world?
Resources Magazine — May 16, 2024
Connecting People to Clean Power
New transmission lines are needed to connect renewable energy sources to centers of electricity demand. For our In Focus video series, Resources for the Future researcher Molly Robertson says more.
Press Release — Jun 17, 2024
Together, the Inclusion of the Power Sector in the New York Cap-Trade-and-Invest Program and Facility-Specific Caps Help Disadvantaged Communities
A new issue brief explores ways to make New York State’s cap-trade-and-invest system more effective at reducing emissions near disadvantaged communities.
Media Highlight — Mar 19, 2024
POLITICO: “Should NY Adopt Facility-Specific Emissions Caps? Groups’ Report Says Yes.”
A piece in POLITICO Pro and E&E News profiles a new report by researchers from RFF and the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance about potential designs for New York State‘s new cap-trade-and-invest program.
Press Release — Mar 18, 2024
Adding Protections to a Cap-Trade-and-Invest Program in New York Could Make Disadvantaged Communities Better Off
In a new report, a research team finds that a cap-trade-and-invest policy that includes emissions caps for the residential, transportation, and electric power sectors, as well as specific caps for each power plant, can reduce emissions near disadvantaged
Press Release — Sep 13, 2023
When Communities Shape Climate Policy, Disadvantaged New Yorkers See Better Air Quality Outcomes
A new report finds that New York’s most vulnerable communities benefit from greater air quality improvements under environmental justice stakeholders’ suite of recommendations.