Carbon Taxes – Renewable Portfolio Standards – The Economics of Wind Power – Energy Infrastructure
Carbon Taxes
2021
Zero Massachusetts C02 Emissions by 2050? Rethinking Climate Policy in the Bay State (March 2021)
The Effects of a TCI-style Gas Tax on Motor Fuels in Rhode Island (January 2021)
2020
Virginia:
The Transportation & Climate Initiative: Its Economic Impacts on Virginia (November 2020)
Vermont:
The Transportation & Climate Initiative: Its Economic Impacts on Vermont (November 2020)
Massachusetts:
The Transportation and Climate Initiative: Its Economic Impacts on Massachusetts (March 10, 2020)
2019
Massachusetts:
New BHI Study: Carbon Tax Bill is a High Tax Proposal with Insignificant Environmental Benefits (July 2019)
Renewable Portfolio Standards: Cost Benefit Analysis
2015
New Hampshire:
The Economic Impact of New Hampshire’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (February 2015)
2014
Illinois:
Study: “The Economic Impact of Illinois’s Renewable Portfolio Standard” (PDF) (june 2014)
Maryland:
Study: Maryland’s Renewable Energy Standard harmful to state’s residents, business (April 2014)
New Jersey:
Study: New Jersey’s Renewable Energy Mandate is a Drag on the Economy (April 2014)
2013
Response:
Response to the Union of Concerned Scientists Critique of BHI’s Renewable Portfolio Studies (November 2013)
Nevada:
Renewable Policy: ‘A Recipe for Decline” (April 2013)
Arizona:
The Economic Impact of Arizona’s Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (April 2013)
Washington State:
The Economic Impact of Washington State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard: A joint study by The Beacon Hill Institute and Washington Policy Center (April 2013)
BHI testifies on RPS in Kansas
Experts debate renewable energy costs (February 2013)
Response to Huffington Post attack on BHI renewable portfolio studies (January 2013)
2012
Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Mandate will lead to greater economic costs with minimal benefit (December 2012)
Missouri:
The Economic Impact of Missouri’s Renewable Energy Standard (November 2012)
Maine:
The Economic Impact of Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (September 2012)
Michigan:
The Projected Economic Impact of Proposal 3 and Michigan’s Renewable Energy Standard(September 2012)
2011
Response:
BHI’s response to TP’s Climate Progress blogger Michael Conathan’s critique of NJ wind farm study (August 2011)
New Jersey:
The Cost and Economic Impact of New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Initiative (June 2011)
2009
North Carolina:
The Economic Impact of North Carolina’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (August 2009)
The Economics of Wind Power
BHI Cost-Benefit Analysis – June 2011
The Cost and Economic Impact of New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Initiative
BHI Cost-Benefit Analysis – April 2008
Free But Still Costly: The Cost and Benefits of Offshore Wind Power in Massachusetts
BHI Testimony – March 2008
Testimony before Minerals Management Service
BHI Study – May 2006
Windfall profits: Cape Wind project spins on generous public subsidy
Complete Study
Press Release
Written comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – February 2005
Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Wind Energy Project
BHI Testimony – December 2004
Economic Costs Exceed Economic Benefits for the Cape Wind Project (12/16/04)
Public Health Impacts and Economic Costs from Power Plant Emissions (12/07/04)
BHI Policy Study- 5/14/04
An Economic Analysis of a Wind Farm on Nantucket Sound (PDF) as submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers BHI Cover Letter to U.S. Army Corps (PDF Version of Cover Letter)
Policy Study – 3/16/04
Complete Study Free But Costly in PDF format
Press Release in PDF Format
Policy Study – 10/01/03
October 2003 study: Blowing in the Wind: Offshore Wind and the Cape Cod Economy
