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Publication
A Practical Tax Policy to Fight Climate Change: The Utility Savings Account (USA)
In A Practical Tax Policy to Fight Climate Change: The Utility Savings Account (USA) (Wiley Climate & Energy Journal, May 2021) the authors propose a modification to the IRS tax code to reward working class Americans to budget, plan, and pay for energy services. The reward is in the form of a pre-tax income benefit much like a health savings account (HSA), commuter benefit, and other popular and widely adopted employer-sponsored benefits. The tax modification introduces swift new behaviors toward energy use and energy-related purchasing decisions as society aims to achieve aggressive carbon reduction goals. Energy providers will reach new markets and spur innovations in energy investment; and federal and state governments can achieve carbon reduction goals while capitalizing on the acceleration of revenue from public and private investments. Influencing behaviors through tax policy empowers Americans to make better purchasing and investment decisions, toward a cleaner energy economy and energy efficient future for future generation.
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- A Practical Tax Policy to Fight Climate Change: The Utility Savings Account (USA)
- Top Ten Resolutions for the Nation’s Utilities in 2021
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More Posts
Papers Directory, Third Quarter 2022 Update
This document contains links to all of the major / educational papers I have written and posted to Energy Central. I originally posted this document at the end of 2018. This quarterly update is at the end of the third quarter (September) of 2022.
A toolbox for the EU’s energy crisis
In this episode of Watt Matters, we make sense of the short and long-term measures that Brussels is proposing to alleviate Europe's energy price crisis and its impact on the EU's energy companies.
South Africa Hydrogen Valley
Hydrogen is a key priority for South Africa.
Paving the Way to Battle Climate Change
How Two Utilities Embraced Open Source to Speed Modernization of the Electric Gri
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