Anthony Paul

Ancillary benefits of reduced air pollution in the US from moderate greenhouse gas mitigation policies in the electricity sector

This paper considers how moderate actions to slow atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel use also could reduce conventional air pollutants in the United States. The benefits that result would be “ancillary” to greenhouse gas abatement. Moreover, the benefits would tend to accrue locally and in the near term, while benefits from reduced climate change mostly accrue globally and over a time frame of several decades or longer. The previous literature suggests that changes in nitrogen oxides (NOx) would be the most important consequence of moderate carbon policies. We calculate these changes in a detailed electricity model linked to an integrated assessment framework to value changes in human health. A tax of

The Effect on Asset Values of the Allocation of Carbon Dioxide Emission Allowances

25 per metric ton of carbon emissions would yield NOx related health benefits of about

Cost-Effective Reduction of NOx Emissions from Electricity Generation

8 per metric ton of carbon reduced in the year 2010 (1997 dollars). Additional savings accrue from reduced investment in NOx and SO2 abatement in order to comply with emission caps. These savings sum to

A Partial Adjustment Model of U.S. Electricity Demand by Region, Season, and Sector

4-

Secular Trends, Environmental Regulation, and Electricity Markets

7 per ton of carbon reduced. Total ancillary benefits of a

Retail Electricity Price Savings from Compliance Flexibility in GHG Standards for Stationary Sources

25 carbon tax are estimated to be

Cost-effectiveness and Economic Incidence of a Clean Energy Standard

12-

Green Corridors: Linking Interregional Transmission Expansion and Renewable Energy Policies

14, which appear to justify the costs of a

A Primer on Comprehensive Policy Options for States to Comply with the Clean Power Plan

25 tax, although marginal benefits are less than marginal costs. At a tax of

Incentives, Margins, And Cost Effectiveness In Comprehensive Climate Policy For The Power Sector

75 per ton carbon, greater health benefits and abatement cost savings are achieved but the value of ancillary benefits per ton of carbon reductions remains roughly constant at about