Each week, I review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted over at the RFF Library Blog.
Got Data? The Value of Energy Data Access to Consumers
[Green Tech Media] Utilities have installed more than 50 million smart meters across the United States, but most of those meters still aren’t sharing meaningful energy data with their customers. And that failure to make use of technology is leaving billions of dollars of energy-efficiency savings unrealized — and opening the door to third-party alternatives that could threaten the utility-customer bond. - via Mission Data
Cutting Electric Bills with the Clean Power Plan: EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy Lowers Household Bills
[Biomass Magazine] Synapse Energy Economics Inc., a research and consulting firm, recently released a new report that reveals how EPA’s Clean Power Plan can reduce emissions and consumer electric bills. The report published on Jan. 14, “Cutting Electric Bills with the Clean Power Plan,” examines state-by-state impacts of various compliance options and found that using strong energy efficiency policies in state implementation plans can produce significant electricity bill savings for consumers while reducing carbon pollution… - via Synapse
Will We Ever Stop Using Fossil Fuels?
[From a Climate Wire article by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, sub. req’d] Nations will not wean themselves off fossil fuels in the next century unless there are aggressive government policies to prod them, according to a new study. - via Univ. of Chicago
Simulating the Impact on Health of Internalising the Cost of Carbon in Food Prices Combined with a Tax on Sugarsweetened Beverages
Rising greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) have implications for health and up to 30 % of emissions globally are thought to arise from agriculture. Synergies exist between diets low in GHGEs and health however some foods have the opposite relationship, such as sugar production being a relatively low source of GHGEs. In order to address this and to further characterise a healthy sustainable diet, we model the effect on UK non-communicable disease mortality and GHGEs of internalising the social cost of carbon into the price of food alongside a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs). - via Oxford Univ.
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