Energy, Environmental & Climate Policy
In matters related to federal, regional, and state energy, climate, and other environmental policies, we have worked with clients on emission market design, renewable-portfolio standard design and evaluation, renewable-asset market valuation, emission allowance pricing and impact assessment, and clean energy development and commercialization.
Our engagements have targeted specific renewable technologies and related infrastructures, as well as energy-efficiency technologies, programs, and policies, including the impacts on energy-intensive, trade-sensitive industries. Our modeling capabilities play a critical role in our policy analyses.
Our team and top experts have worked with stakeholders in a variety of contexts to provide:
- Analysis of environmental and economic effectiveness of proposed environmental regulations, including policies targeting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and water regulation
- Modeling of the economic and power-system impacts of climate and other clean energy laws and regulations
- Analysis of CO2 emissions policy for electricity generators
- Development of potential compliance mechanisms for proposed federal climate regulations, and drafting monitoring and verification guidelines for energy-efficiency compliance approaches
- Testimony before state and federal agencies and legislatures on climate policy designs
- Development of white papers and public comments on the design of GHG cap-and-trade systems
- Analysis of environmental and economic effectiveness of the low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS)
- Internal assessment and comment on California climate policy development
- Assessment of the implications of high-penetration intermittent and demand-side resources for electric system costs, emissions, and performance
- Development of policy options regarding transmission facilities to integrate offshore wind power
- Modeling of economy-wide energy savings from technology firms’ portfolios of products and services
- Collaboration on corporate strategy to create greenhouse gas reduction commitments
- Analysis of financial incentives for utilities to invest in energy efficiency and other demand-side resources
- Assessment of policy design, costs and benefits, and cost-recovery policies for renewable energy credits (RECs), clean energy standards (CES), and energy-efficiency resource standards (EERS)
- Estimation of the economic value of clean energy resources
- Analysis of options for long-term contracts with different energy projects with different cost, emission, and risk profiles
- Estimation of the embedded cost of energy in water, and development of water pricing and water allocation approaches
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AG Feature Leveraging Cap-and-Trade’s Market Incentives in Climate Policies
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Publishing Clean Energy in New York State: The Role and Economic Impacts of a Carbon Price in NYISO’s Wholesale Electricity Markets
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Featured Expert Robert Stavins
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AG Feature Evaluating Potential Development of a Broader Market for CO2 Allowance Trading
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AG Feature Assessing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
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AG Feature Energy, Technology, and the Future: A Conversation with FERC Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur and former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy