Modeling Policies to Promote Renewable and Low-Carbon Sources of Electricity

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June 15, 2010

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Karen Palmer, Richard Sweeney, and Maura Allaire

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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.

Richard Sweeney

Maura Allaire

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