Refereed Publications

Reliability in the U.S. Electricity Industry under New Environmental Regulations
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, Blair Beasley, and Matt Woerman
Energy Policy, forthcoming
Also published as RFF Discussion Paper 12-18

Modeling a Clean Energy Standard for Electricity: Policy Design Implications for Emissions, Supply, Prices and Regions
Anthony Paul, Karen Palmer, and Matt Woerman
Energy Economics, 36: 108-124
Also published as RFF Discussion Paper 11-35

Cost-effectiveness and Economic Incidence of a Clean Energy Standard
Bryan K. Mignone, Thomas Alfstad, Aaron Bergman, Kenneth Dubin, Richard Duke, Paul Friley, Andrew Martinez, Matthew Mowers, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, Sharon Showalter, Daniel Steinberg, Matt Woerman, and Frances Wood
Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 1(3): 59-86

Secular Trends, Environmental Regulations, and Electricity Markets
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, and Matt Woerman
The Electricity Journal, 25(6): 35-47
Also published as RFF Discussion Paper 12-15

Retail Electricity Price Savings from Compliance Flexibility in GHG Standards for Stationary Sources
Dallas Burtraw, Matt Woerman, and Anthony Paul
Energy Policy, 42: 67-77
Also published as RFF Discussion Paper 11-30
Media coverage
The Huffington Post, by Robert Stavins

Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change Through Energy Efficiency: the RFF Haiku Electricity Market Model
Anthony Paul, Matt Woerman, and Karen Palmer
The Energy Journal, 32(Special Issue): 193-212

Federal Policies for Renewable Electricity: Impacts and Interactions
Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, Matt Woerman, and Daniel C. Steinberg
Energy Policy, 39(7): 3975-3991
Also published as RFF Discussion Paper 10-53

Papers Under Review

Economic Ideas for a Complex Climate Policy Regime
Dallas Burtraw and Matt Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 13-03
Revisions requested

Analysis of the Bingaman Clean Energy Standard Proposal
Anthony Paul, Karen Palmer, and Matt Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 12-20
Revisions requested

Working Papers

Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Analysis Deconstructed: Changing Assumptions, Changing Results
Blair Beasley, Matt Woerman, Anthony Paul, Dallas Burtraw, and Karen Palmer
RFF Discussion Paper 13-10

Linking by Degrees: Incremental Alignment of Cap-and-Trade Markets
Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Clayton Munnings, Paige Weber, and Matt Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 13-04

US Status on Climate Change Mitigation
Dallas Burtraw and Matt Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 12-48
Also published as Mistra Indigo White Paper 1
Media coverage
Scientific American, by Robert S. Eshelman and ClimateWire
New Scientist, by Peter Aldhous
The Washington Post, Ezra Klein’s WonkBlog, by Brad Plumer
Council on Foreign Relations; Energy, Security, and Climate Blog; by Michael Levi

Supply Curves for Conserved Electricity
Anthony Paul, Karen Palmer, and Matt Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 11-11

Thesis

An Econometric Analysis of the Adoption and Stringency of State Renewable Portfolio Standards
Matt Woerman

Other Publications

The Effect of Natural Gas Supply on Retail Electricity Prices
Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Blair Beasley, and Matt Woerman
RFF Issue Brief 12-05

The Variability of Potential Revenue from a Tax on Carbon
Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul, and Matt Woerman
RFF Issue Brief 12-03

Blog Posts

U.S. Emissions Trends: Optimism, Pessimism, and One Big Decision
Dallas Burtraw and Matt Woerman
Common Resources

Climate in the Second Inaugural: Signal and Substance
Dallas Burtraw and Matt Woerman
Common Resources

Falling Emissions and Falling Prices: Expectations for the Domestic Natural Gas Boom
Dallas Burtraw, Blair Beasley, and Matt Woerman
Common Resources