Energy Prices

EPA: Waxman-Markey will lower electricity bills 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The main argument conservatives and big oil and coal companies use against the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is that it would cripple American households with a crushing energy tax. To make that claim, they have distorted cost estimates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and conducted their own biased studies. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency obliterated these phony numbers with the release of its economic analysis of H.R. 2454. The EPA estimated the bill would actually lower household electricity bills
A Trench View of the Climate Wars

Fighting Coal in the Rockies 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Fighting for the Waxman-Markey climate bill may be sexy and hip (and worthwhile), but here in the Roaring Fork and Vail Valleys of Colorado, without much fanfare, we are engaged in some trench fighting to solve climate change.
A Real, Big Scale Solution to Climate Change Individuals Can Pull Off

Utility rate structures can be fun 2
Posted 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Let's say you were a very powerful being, something called Utility God. And let's pretend you realized climate change was a big problem. How do you encourage homeowners to save energy?
Off the Wald

Shoddy economics at The New York Times 0
Posted 8 months ago
Joe Romm has done a pretty thorough trashing of Matt Wald's recent New York Times piece. Herein, I pile on.