Borrowing to Save Energy: An Assessment of Energy-Efficiency Financing Programs

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April 3, 2012

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Karen Palmer, Margaret A. Walls, and Todd Gerarden

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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.

Margaret A. Walls

Senior Fellow; Director, Climate Risks and Resilience Program

Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.

Todd Gerarden

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