Examines
the political drivers behind subsidy proliferation in the US federal
system and a variety of options to improve transparency and
contestability of the subsidy programs. Paper contains ballpark
values for US federal subsidies by energy type, based on an update of US energy subsidy estimates…
Detailed review of state and federal subsidies, prepared for the Global Subsidies Initiative. Subsidy costs per unit fossil fuel or GHG displaced exceed $500 per mt of CO2-equivalent. Policy structures are duplicative and generally linked to production rather than to the carbon displacement…
Government policies should work in tandem with market forces to achieve an adequate energy supply mix that is cleaner and more diverse than what preceeded it. In reality, thousands of government policies in place around the world act counter to stated objectives regarding energy security…