Comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency on Its Proposed Clean Power Plan

A group of RFF experts offered their comments on various issues related to the proposed Clean Power Plan.

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Date

Dec. 1, 2014

Authors

Dallas Burtraw, Carolyn Fischer, Clayton Munnings, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, Nathan Richardson, Jhih-Shyang Shih, and Roberton C. Williams III

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Testimony and Public Comments

Reading time

1 minute

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Authors

Dallas Burtraw

Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow

Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at RFF. Burtraw’s research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets, including renewables integration.

Carolyn Fischer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Carolyn Fischer is a senior fellow at RFF. Fischer's research explores questions of environmental policy instrument design.

Clayton Munnings

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.

Anthony Paul

Fellow

Anthony Paul

Nathan Richardson

University Fellow

Nathan Richardson is an attorney and university fellow at RFF, where he specializes in environmental law and economics.

Jhih-Shyang Shih

Fellow

Jhih-Shyang Shih is a fellow at RFF. His research interests lie in integrated system analysis of environmental and resource policy and decisionmaking.

Roberton C. Williams III

Senior Fellow

Rob Williams is a senior fellow at RFF. He studies both environmental policy and tax policy, with a particular focus on interactions between the two.

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