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October 7, 2019
Environmental Defence asked us to quantify the GHG implications of the Energy Platform of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
The aspirations contained in the Platform could unquestionably deliver more economic activity, economic value and employment...
July 12, 2019
Adopting a tweet style, here goes:
Our assessment answers 3 questions (paper is here):
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What are the GHG reductions & costs? 9.1Mt more GHGs: $3.8B more costs.
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What is the net cost impact on households? $295 in “backstop” provinces; BC, QC & NL $187/HH.
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Can...
We assess the economic costs of the greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation measures contained in the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan (Plan) and the alternative Federal Backstop Carbon Pricing approach to be applied in Ontario. We conclude the cost of the Made-in-Ontario Plan...
September 21, 2018
July 6, 2018
We look at the recent Saskatchewan modelling (IEESC) of the federal backstop policy and the results reported by the Saskatchewan government. We compare these results to modelling we completed on the federal backstop (see here, here and here), where we apply output-base...
May 7, 2018
In this paper (here) sponsored by the Canadian Council on Renewable Energy, Noel and I look at output-based pricing scenarios for Canada’s electricity sector using an integrated model of Canada’s electricity sector. With significant GHG and energy policy already in pla...
January 18, 2018
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May 2, 2017
Katie Sullivan from @IETA and I were asked to provide some remarks at the Ontario Cap and Trade Forum. We combined our thoughts and developed a Letterman top ten list. We identify major carbon policy themes we see at home and abroad. It was fun to assemble and more fu...
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