renewable electricity standard, Tag

To my knowledge, Colorado is the only state in which regulators allow utilities to incorporate a carbon tax into the economic models used to make resource acquisition decisions (see here and here)...

I’m contributing to a lawsuit, filed by the American Tradition Institute, against Colorado, alleging that the State’s green energy production quota, known as a Renewable Electricity Standard, is an unlawful violation...

In an earlier post, I listed the top five worst governors on energy policy. Alas, four of the five were lame ducks, which means that my original list had a very limited shelf life. With that in mind, I made…

Lame Duck Session a Big Success So Far The first week of Congress’s lame duck session has been a big success.  They haven’t done anything.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pulled a scheduled vote...

[originally published at the Independence Institute's Energy Center]

This spring, as the temperatures begin to rise in Washington, DC, the debate over energy policy is heating up — with the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives’ energy committees both considering a national...