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- Comments on California’s Evaluation Methods for Distributed Energy Resources – …on their proposal to develop a more robust societal cost test to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of distributed energy resources (DERs). California has been a national leader in addressing the challenges associated with DER integration, and this proceeding will help the state to reform their cost-effectiveness framework.
- Our Work on State Zero-Emission Credits Programs – Several states have determined that ensuring the viability of zero-emission electricity generation from nuclear power is critical to mitigating the impacts of climate change especially in the short term while states work to meet aggressive new clean energy goals. Through comments and amicus briefs, we’ve been involved in those efforts…
- Comments to EPA on New Clean Car Standards – …that will maximize net social welfare and promote distributional justice; rely on legislative and regulatory history to help justify its aproach to lead time; and improve its modeling to more fully capture benefits of stronger standards. We also submitted joint comments with a coalition of other environmental groups on EPA's…
- Comments to FERC on LNG Compression Project in New York – …and downstream emissions and contextualize their impacts using the social cost of carbon.
- Fighting for the Full Valuation of Climate Damages – …ensure that governments, regulators, and courts account for the social cost of carbon in policy and decisionmaking—and a string of recent policy outcomes has created positive momentum.
- Comments on Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets from Rail Tie Wind Project – The Rail Tie Wind Project would offset approximately 900,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually compared to typical U.S. electric generation. We submitted comments encouraging the Western Area Power Administration to provide context for those emission offsets by using the social cost of greenhouse gases.
- Comments on New York State Clean Energy Standard Petitions – …system based on the Social Cost of Carbon (“SCC”). Various parties submitted petitions for rehearing or clarification, and criticized the Order on a variety of grounds. Among other criticisms, challengers argue that it was inappropriate for the Commission to use the SCC to value the zero‐emission attributes of nuclear energy…
- Positive Ruling in Case on BLM Climate Impacts Leasing – …environmental, public health, and social welfare costs of the RMPs, focusing on the social cost of greenhouse gases metric. The suit was brought by the Western Organization of Resource Councils, with other NGOs, against BLM for failing to conduct a sufficient analysis of the climate effects of possible fossil fuel…
- Comments to Virginia on Integrated Resource Planning – …and to monetize the associated climate damages using the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gas metrics. Such analysis is necessary to allow the Commission to rationally identify the most efficient plan option that advances social welfare for Virginia, and to allow ratepayers and citizens to better understand the environmental effects of…
- Comments on Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards – We recently submitted comments to the EPA regarding their endangerment finding and advance notice of proposed rulemaking on greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft.