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2009-10 Seminars
Implications of GHG Offset Policy on Corporate
Strategy
Delavane Diaz
Project Manager
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Abstract:
This presentation will describe the impacts of
greenhouse gas offset supply assumptions on an
electric company's strategy for compliance with a
climate policy. The quantity and cost of emission
offsets are poorly understood, yet their ultimate
supply will fundamentally affect the cost of
emission allowances in a cap-and-trade program. The
seminar will combine analysis of alternative
assumptions about offset availability on regional
dispatch and strategic investments in the power
sector with a look at impacts to a hypothetical
power company. This work explores how different
offset supply scenarios might influence utility
decision-making in anticipation of future climate
legislation and highlights the fact that offset
provisions in recent US climate proposals make
international policy a domestic compliance issue.
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