Energy Research:
Western Resource Advocates is a leader in research on the future direction of energy for this nation. Our economists and policy analysts provide hard data and thorough analysis on many facets of the energy debate from carbon regulation, energy efficiency, renewable energy and other topics.
The list below provides access to a some of the Energy Program's most recent peer-reviewed and published works:
- "A Cheap And Effective CO2 Cap & Trade For Electricity," The Electricity Journal, vol. 22, issue 8, (October 2009): pages 45 -
- “Innovation and the Price of Wind Energy in the US,” Energy Policy, vol. 37, issue 11, (November 2009): pages 4493-4499
- “The Impact of Energy Efficiency Programs on the Growth of Electricity Sales,” Energy Policy, vol. 36 (September 2008): pages 3620-3625.
- “Carbon Risk: Decentralized Risk Management Policy in the US Electric Industry,” Local Environment, vol. 10, no. 3 (June 2005): pages 299-307.
- “Renewable Energy as a Natural Gas Price Hedge: The Case of Wind,” Energy Policy, vol. 33, no. 6 (April 2005): pages 799-807.
- “The Market for Tradable Renewable Energy Credits,” Ecological Economics, vol. 42, no. 3 (September 2002): pages 369-379.
- “Managing Electric Industry Risk with Clean and Efficient Resources,” The Electricity Journal, vol. 18, no. 2 (March 2005): pages 78-84.