A Roadmap for Advanced Transmission Technology Adoption

Posted on September 17th, 2024 by Tony Tran

Meeting rising demand for electricity and accomplishing U.S. clean energy deployment goals will require building new electricity generation facilities and […]

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Choosing Climate Policies in a Second-best World with Incomplete Markets: Insights from a Bilevel Power System Model

Posted on September 4th, 2024 by Tony Tran

Climate policy makers aim to accelerate investments in clean energy. A challenge facing investors in liberalized electricity markets is the […]

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Bridging the Gaps: The Impact of Interregional Transmission on Emissions and Reliability

Posted on August 22nd, 2024 by Tony Tran

The substantial decline in the cost of wind and solar generation over recent decades has significantly altered the energy landscape. […]

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The Impact of Financing Structures on the Cost of CO2 Transport

Posted on August 15th, 2024 by Tony Tran

The economic operation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities hinges on the availability of CO2 transport infrastructure, and the […]

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Research Commentary: Understanding the Price Cap on Russian Oil and Its Role in Depressing Russian Oil Revenues

Posted on August 6th, 2024 by Tony Tran

The price cap on Russian oil is a novel approach to sanctions, and, like other new, complex policy tools, it […]

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Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025

Posted on July 29th, 2024 by Tony Tran

With the expiration of many tax cuts and unmet climate targets, 2025 could be a crucial year for climate policy […]

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Bidding in Uniform Price Auctions for Value Maximizing Buyers

Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Tony Tran

We study the problem of bidding in uniform price auctions, a widely used format in Treasury auctions, emissions permit auctions, […]

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Optimizing Mineral Extraction and Processing for the Energy Transition: Evaluating Efficiency in Single versus Joint Production

Posted on July 10th, 2024 by Tony Tran

The efficient extraction and processing of ores into metals is key to clean energy transition technologies. This study compares single […]

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Shedding Light on Green Claims: The Impact of a Closer Temporal Alignment of Supply and Demand in Voluntary Green Electricity Markets

Posted on June 25th, 2024 by Tony Tran

Consumers purchase green energy via certificates independent from the physical good. The system’s current structure, primarily based on annual volumetric […]

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EU and US Approaches to Address Energy Poverty: Classifying and Evaluating Design Strategies

Posted on June 10th, 2024 by Tony Tran

Guaranteeing sufficient and affordable access to energy services is increasingly critical as climate change continues to accelerate, energy costs increase […]

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Research Commentary: U.S. Leadership in Scaling Capital for Multilateral Clean Energy Finance

Posted on June 4th, 2024 by Tony Tran

The global effort to accelerate the clean energy transition can only be successful if underpinned by an ambitious and concrete […]

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Research Commentary: Evaluating the Impact of the Connect the Grid Act for Texas

Posted on June 3rd, 2024 by Tony Tran

Winter Storm Uri in 2021 exposed some of the vulnerabilities of the ERCOT grid. While freezing temperatures resulting in generator […]

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Bridging the Divide: Assessing the Viability of International Cooperation on Border Carbon Adjustments

Posted on April 2nd, 2024 by Tony Tran

International cooperation on climate change and trade is intensifying, as highlighted by numerous initiatives launched at the multilateral, plurilateral, and […]

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Understanding the Future of Critical Raw Materials for the Energy Transition: SVAR Models for the U.S. Market

Posted on March 12th, 2024 by Tony Tran

We examine the impact of energy transition policies on the U.S. markets of three critical minerals used for batteries, namely […]

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A Supply Curve for Forest-Based CO2 Removal

Posted on March 5th, 2024 by Tony Tran

Forestation is viewed as an important means of removing CO2 from the atmosphere and thereby reducing net CO2 emissions. But […]

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Regulation of Access, Pricing, and Planning of High Voltage Transmission in the U.S.

Posted on February 22nd, 2024 by Tony Tran

The U.S. regulation of high-voltage transmission is highly complex and, as a result, generally poorly understood. The complexity is created […]

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Research Commentary: Strategic Sector Investments are Poised to Benefit Distressed US Counties

Posted on February 15th, 2024 by Tony Tran

Spurred in part by three significant pieces of federal legislation, since 2021, the United States has experienced an investment surge […]

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Research Commentary: Evaluating the Impact of the BIG WIRES Act

Posted on January 31st, 2024 by Tony Tran

Building interregional transmission is critical to a decarbonized and more resilient U.S. grid. However, according to the most recent DOE […]

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Designing Distribution Network Tariffs Under Increased Residential End-user Electrification: Can the US Learn Something from Europe?

Posted on January 23rd, 2024 by Tony Tran

As decarbonization policies lead to the electrification of the transportation, buildings, and other end-use sectors, it will be necessary to […]

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The Expansion of Incentive (Performance Based) Regulation of Electricity Distribution and Transmission in the United States

Posted on January 10th, 2024 by Tony Tran

I examine developments in the application of performance-based regulation (PBR) to electricity distribution and transmission in the United States. Applications […]

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