This
is one of ten studies for the Copenhagen Consensus Project that sought
to evaluate the most feasible opportunities to improve welfare globally
and alleviate poverty in developing countries. It argues that phasing
out distortionary government subsidies and barriers to international
trade will…
MEASURE, 1987. (Detail on producer-subsidy equivalent calculations for energy). in Coal Prospects and Policies in IEA Countries, 1987 Review,
International Energy Agency. Ron Steenblik, OECD. Discussion of methods
and challenges associated with extending the PSE, long used in
agriculture, to coal.
The
Best Practices are designed as a reference tool for member and
non-member countries to use in order to increase the degree of budget
transparency in their respective countries. This transparency is
generally a prerequisite for subsidy reform.
(In
English and French) Luis Portugal, OECD. Metrics most commonly used for
agriculture, but PSE also calculated for some coal production. Measures
often proposed for more common application in energy sector.
Gerard M. Brannon. A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that examines the role of energy subsidies and taxes as instruments of government policy. It is one of the earlier assessments of this problem. A premise of the report is the exploration of how subsidies and…
Export
credit and insurance plays an important role in energy markets by
subsidizing the sale and implementation of particular energy
technologies. However, the environmental and social impacts of export
credit and investment insurance agency (ECA) activities have received
limited public scrutiny.
Chapter 3 in Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: Policy Issues and Challenges, proceedings of the OECD Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies (Paris, 7-8 November 2002), OECD Publications, Paris, 2003, pp. 101-141. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author alone and do not…
(PowerPoint). Cees van Beers and Andre de Moor. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar,
2001). Link goes to PowerPoint presentation; actual book not on the
web. Discusses the negative environmental and economic effects of
subsidizing fossil fuel energy.
Presentation to the World Bank Transport Forum outlines a number of
principles for good alternative fuel policy that focuses on displacing
petroleum consumption in transport rather than trying to select the
winning technology. (March 2007). A more detailed policy description,
for comment, can be…
Formal comments outlining market distortions and structural weaknesses in DOE's multi-billion dollar program to subsidize favored energy technologies. Authorized under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the program creates a huge potential windfall to the nuclear sector. Also accessible…
Report. Summary slides from release.
Growing production and more subsidies converge to trigger an estimated
$93 billion in support to ethanol and biodiesel for the 2006-12
period. The report also contains a detailed review of the large and
potentially environmentally harmful biofuels subsidies in…
Provides
subsidy cost per mt CO2eq abated via goverment supports to biofuels
(including cellulosic) and nuclear energy. Integrating data from
McKinsey & Co. on abatement options, demonstrates subsidies
comprise the least efficient options for addressing climate
change. Prepared for Greenpeace…
Reviewed options for the state of California to more effectively align incentives for brownfields redevelopment and to identify financial tools that would help achieve land reclamation.
Prepared
with CPCFA staff members Sam Smalls and Keith Seegmiller, with
additional input from…
