RESEARCH & POLICY
Reports
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Allocating Allowances in a Greenhouse Gas Trading System
A Staff Paper from the National Commission on Energy Policy
Staff Paper Read more »
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Design Issues in Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies Workshop Series
Special Report
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)
The Design Issues for Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies workshop series addressed critical design elements for developing a mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program. Read more »
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Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress
National Commission on Energy Policy
Since the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) released its December 2004 report, Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges, energy issues have remained at the top of the nation’s domestic policy agenda. Read more »
- Technical Appendix - Chapter 6 : Developing Better Energy Technologies For the Future December 2004 Read more »
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United States and the Middle East: Policies and Dilemmas
Risk of Oil Supply Disruptions
Amy Myers Jaffe
The purpose of this paper is to explore the topic of the externality costs associated with rising U.S. oil consumption that are not easily quantifiable by strictly economic or monetary calculations. Read more »
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WTO Doha Development Agenda Negotiations And U.S. Agricultural Support Programs
Report by DTB Associates, LLP "WTO Doha Development Agenda Negotiations And U.S. Agricultural Support Programs" Download here or click on the headline to read more. Read more »
- Technical Appendix - Chapter 5: Strengthening Energy-Supply Infrastructure December 2004 Read more »
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Increasing U.S. Natural Gas Supplies
A Discussion Paper and Recommendations from the National Commission on Energy Policy
U.S. consumption of natural gas increased by 18 percent between 1990 and 2002 and is expected to grow for at least the next two decades, in large part because of substantial additions of gasfired electric generating capacity. Read more »
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NCEP Energy Letter To Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid
National Commission on Energy Policy
This letter was addressed to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid by the National Commission on Energy Policy, urging to complete action as soon as possible on the pending energy legislation. Read more »
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Reviving the Electricity Sector
Findings of the National Commission on Energy Policy
Electric- industry restructuring has derailed. The massive blackout of August 14, 2003 certainly was not needed to underscore the point, but it adds urgency to the effort to find solutions. Read more »
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US Energy Infrastructure Vulnerability: Lessons from the Gulf Coast Hurricanes
Paul J. Hibbard, Analysis Group
A new report by Paul Hibbard of the Analysis Group examines the vulnerabilities in our nation’s oil and natural gas infrastructure as revealed by the havoc wreaked by the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Read more »
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Issue Brief: Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels
National Commission on Energy Policy
Using information from a newly released RAND report assessing the technologic, economic and environmental implications of coal-to-liquids and oil sands, NCEP staff discuss the policy implications of pursuing these unconventional fossil-based fuel options. Read more »
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Realizing the Benefits Of Greenhouse Gas Offsets
Design Options to Stimulate Project Development and Ensure Environmental Integrity
Natsource LLC
Offset programs can help to control costs and maintain economic competitiveness. An offset is distinct from an emissions allowance (or a permit), which represents a government-sanctioned right to emit, and is issued to sources covered under a GHG capand-trade program. Read more »
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The Costs of US Oil Dependency
Risk of Oil Supply Disruptions
Ian W.H. Parry and Joel Darmstadter
Energy security may broadly be described as a state of affairs characterized by conditions and policies that safeguard the health of the US economy against circumstances threatening significant short- or long-term increases in energy costs. Read more »
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Oil Shockwave – An Oil Crisis Executive Simulation
Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) and the National Commission on Energy Policy
On June 23, 2005, a group of nine former White House cabinet and senior national security officials convened to participate in a simulated working group of a White House cabinet. Their task: to advise an American president as the nation grapples with an oil crisis over a seven-month period. As they enter the room, they are unaware of the circumstances or nature of the oil crisis. Read more »
- Realizing the Benefits Of Greenhouse Gas Offsets Realizing the Benefits Of Greenhouse Gas Offsets Read more »
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Design Issues in Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies Workshop Series
Special Report
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)
February 2006
The Design Issues for Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies workshop series addressed critical design elements for developing a mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program. The cumulative dialogue provides a good representation of the range of opinions that exists among engaged stakeholders. This document summarizes the discussion and highlights key insights expressed by stakeholders over the course of four workshops. Read more »
- Allocating Allowances in a Greenhouse Gas Trading System Allocating Allowances in a Greenhouse Gas Trading System Read more »
- NCEP Energy Letter To Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid NCEP Energy Letter To Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid Read more »
- CERA SR 022106 full report CERA SR 022106 full report Read more »
- Economic Analysis of Updated Commission Recommendations Economic Analysis of Updated Commission Recommendations Read more »
- United States and the Middle East: Policies and Dilemmas United States and the Middle East: Policies and Dilemmas Read more »
- Reviving the Electricity Sector Reviving the Electricity Sector Read more »
- Design Issues in Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies Workshop Series Design Issues in Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies Workshop Series Read more »
- Increasing U.S. Natural Gas Supplies Increasing U.S. Natural Gas Supplies Read more »
- Ag Report Ag Report Read more »
- Siting Critical Energy Infrastructure: An Overview of Needs and Challenges Recognizing that important infrastructure issues exist in all major energy sectors, the Commission has initially identified the following areas where current or anticipated siting challenges will most directly affect the evolution of future energy systems. Read more »
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Economic and Agricultural Impacts of Ethanol and Biodiesel Expansion
Report by The University of Tennessee "Economic and Agricultural Impacts of Ethanol and Biodiesel Expansion". Download here or click on the headline to read more. Read more »
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U.S. Climate Bill Would Pay Farmers to Store Carbon in Soil
U.S. farmers can turn their dirt into cash under climate change legislation that pays them to bury pollution blamed for global warming. Read more »
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Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: A Role for American Agriculture
Agriculture is beginning to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and in doing so is generating new sources of income for producers. However, U.S. agriculture faces its own challenges in today’s economy. Among the challenges facing agricultural producers are profitability, high energy costs, soil erosion and soil quality, water quality, and water use efficiency. Download the full report here or click the headline to read more. Read more »
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WTO Doha Development Agenda Negotiations And U.S. Agricultural Support Programs
Report by DTB Associates, LLP "WTO Doha Development Agenda Negotiations And U.S. Agricultural Support Programs". Download here or click on the headline to read more. Read more »
- Collaborative Development of Petroleum Sector Performance Indicators (PSI) Collaborative Design & Development of Petroleum Sector Performance Indicators (PSI) A research project of the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) Read more »
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Sept. 24 Meeting on Agricultural Carbon Markets
Presentations and reports from the Sept. 24 meeting on Agricultural Carbon Markets Read more »
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Lessons from the Past and Options for a Bio-Fueled Future
Report by Bruce A. Babcock "Where to with Farm Policy? Lessons from the Past and Options for a Bio-Fueled Future". Download here or click on the headline to read more. Read more »
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