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A high-voltage electricity pylons against blue sky and sun rays.
June 2019

The Next Generation of Federal Clean Electricity Tax Credits

By
Dr. Varun Sivaram and Dr. Noah Kaufman

CGEP Senior Research Scholar and Fellow Dr. Varun Sivaram and Research Scholar Dr. Noah Kaufman examine the renewable electricity production and investment tax credits and offer design principles for future clean electricity tax incentives.

High voltage electricity Transmission Towers of National Grid passing through green mustard fields , Uttar Pradesh, India
May 2019

Rural Electricity Supply: Commodity or Entitlement?

By
Dr. Johannes Urpelainen, Brian Blankenship and Jason Wong

Rural Electricity Supply: Commodity or Entitlement a summary of the work “Explaining Willingness to Pay for Pricing Reforms that Improve Electricity Service in India,” published by Dr. Johannes Urpelainen, Brian Blankenship and Jason Wong in Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy in January 2019, as part of CGEP’s Faculty Grant Program.  

Photo of power lines, solar panels and wind turbines
May 2019

A Clean Electricity Standard’s Weaknesses May Be Its Biggest Strengths

By
Dr. Noah Kaufman

CGEP Research Scholar Dr. Noah Kaufman analyzes a nationwide clean electricity standard proposed by Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM).

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June 17, 2019

BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019

Spencer Dale
Chief Economist, BP

For the past 68 years, BP has published its Annual Statistical Review of World Energy, an impressive collection of global energy data that offers a retrospective view of what has happened in the world of energy production, consumption, trade, and...

June 03, 2019

Legal Pathways to Decarbonization in the United States

Michael Gerrard
Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Host Jason Bordoff is joined by Professor Michael Gerrard, Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University.

May 27, 2019

Navigating Europe’s Oil & Gas Landscape

Maria Moræus Hanssen
Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO, Wintershall DEA.

Wintershall DEA became the largest independent oil and gas group in Europe following a merger last month. It bridged the international exploration and production of oil and gas company, DEA, with the energy unit of the German chemical group BASF...