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NCSL paper, State Options to Keep Nuclear in the Energy Mix

Setting the Value of Nuclear Power
States and State Governments
Reviewed a variety of different policy mechanisms to support nuclear power, including Zero Emissions Credits, Nuclear Energy Standards, advanced cost recovery, carbon taxes or cap-and-trade, power purchase agreements, and tax incentives.

PJM Carbon Study

Setting the Value of Nuclear Power
Regional Transmission Organizations
PJM has 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.

Minnesota’s “buy the farm” statute

Increasing Landowner Buy-In For Transmission Siting
State Legislatures
Allows eligible landowners to select to have the utility purchase the entire property over which a high voltage transmission line will pass.

Eminent Domain, Inc.

Increasing Landowner Buy-In For Transmission Siting
Federal Agencies and Departments, Regional Transmission Organizations, Private Entities
Proposes a novel replacement for eminent domain, the Special-Purpose Development Corporation.

Center for Rural Affairs reports

Increasing Landowner Buy-In For Transmission Siting
Regional Transmission Organizations, States and State Governments
Landowner Compensation in Transmission Siting for Renewable Energy Facilities and From the Ground Up: Addressing Key Community Concerns in Clean Energy Transmission

NYSERDA smart grid development funding

Funding Innovation in Transmission Distribution and Storage
State Agencies
Including a $15 million Future Grid Challenge, $30 million into the High Performing Grid program, and $5 million specifically to support research on integrating renewable energy onto the grid.