{"id":980,"date":"2016-06-21T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T16:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/?p=980"},"modified":"2022-07-05T12:03:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:03:46","slug":"whitepaper-by-brattle-economists-examines-clean-energy-policy-options-for-massachusetts-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/2016\/06\/21\/whitepaper-by-brattle-economists-examines-clean-energy-policy-options-for-massachusetts-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"[UPDATED] Whitepaper by Brattle Economists Examines Clean Energy Policy Options for Massachusetts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>With contributions from ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner as well as former Massachusetts State officials David Cash and Ann Berwick, <\/span><span>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brattle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brattle Group<\/a> recently released a whitepaper detailing clean energy policy options for the state of Massachusetts.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The report, prepared for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barr Foundation<\/a>, provides policymakers with a series of recommendations that will help meet greenhouse gas reduction goals and ensure electricity reliability, while minimizing customer cost and risk.\u00a0 The recommendations include: developing a comprehensive energy planning process; allowing flexibility that will enable new technologies to enter the market; and grounding the state\u2019s clean energy policy in a diverse set of resources, including hydro, off- and on-shore wind, solar, energy efficiency and storage.\u00a0 To read more, click <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brattle.com\/news-and-knowledge\/news\/whitepaper-by-brattle-economists-examines-clean-energy-policy-options-for-massachusetts-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/igs\/files\/2017\/06\/ISE-Logo-Cover-page_Brattle-White-Paper.-Clean_Energy_Resource_Options_for_Massachusetts_to_Meet_GHG_Reduction_Goals_under_the_Global_Warming_Solutions_Act.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0the whitepaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With contributions from ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner as well as former Massachusetts State officials David Cash and Ann Berwick, the Brattle Group recently released a whitepaper detailing clean energy policy options for the state of Massachusetts.\u00a0 The report, prepared for the Barr Foundation, provides policymakers with a series of recommendations that will help meet greenhouse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[699],"tags":[124,74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10429,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/10429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}