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Activist at Citizens' Climate Lobby. Founder: Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. All views expressed are my own personal views.
Apr 12, 2021 11 tweets 5 min read
New paper from Harvard comparing different electric sector policies: Robust Decarbonization of the US Power Sector.

Big winners: Clean Electricity Standard (CES), Tradeable performance Standard (TPS), and a #CarbonTax. Let's compare. (1/10) scholar.harvard.edu/stock/publicat… A hybrid CES with $40/mWh Alternative Compliance Payment gives solid results across all scenarios (fuel prices, demand levels, etc.). Hybrid means that natural gas gets partial credit which favors it over coal. This is modeled after the CLEAN Futures Act. (2/10)