The Minnesota PUC published a 2018 Order establishing a range of $9.05 to $43.06 per short ton of CO2 e, which will be used by 2020 in evaluating and selecting resource options in all commission proceedings.
In 2017, the Colorado PUC ordered Xcel to use the social cost of carbon Energy Resource Plan (ERP) that would guide utility investments through 2024.
Proposed to study the effects of a carbon price on wholesale markets in tandem with the carbon pricing discussion being advanced by PJM members in stakeholder processes.
A 2017 study on compliance with the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which concluded, among other things, that interstate trading lowered the cost of compliance over in-state compliance only.
MISO studied various energy scenarios in its 2032 projections, including an Accelerated Fleet Change scenario that presumed regional climate policies.
CAISO, the California independent system operator, based its draft 2018-19 transmission planning analysis around Renewables Portfolio Standard compliance.
An analysis of recent efforts to use the SCC as a direct value for taxes and subsidies applied to economic activity with a negative or positive carbon impact.
Resources for the Future coordinate economists and scientists to improve the science behind estimates of the SCC. They have published a range of briefs, reports, and testimony on improving utilization of the SCC.
A 2015 report, Expert Consensus on the Economics of Climate Change; A 2014 report, Omitted Damages; and 2019 report, A Lower Bound.
Compiles a suite of resources and literature on the evolving effort to properly value the cost of carbon pollution, and highlights efforts and opportunities at the state and federal level to incorporate those costs into policy.