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Cap and Trade Resources
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EPA Resources
Articles and Reports
- "Clean Air Rules: A New Roadmap for the Power Sector" (PDF) (8 pp., 5.7 MB) , Napolitano, Sam, Melanie LaCount, James O. Lee, Beth Murray, Mary Shellabarger, and Sam Waltzer. This article appears in the June, 2007 issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly www.fortnightly.com
. To obtain copies and reprints, please contact Public Utilities Fortnightly directly. - US-Canada Emissions Cap and Trading Feasibility Study (PDF) (136 pp., 3.4 MB)
- "Moving to the new U.S. NOX and SO2 Markets" (PDF) (1 p., 85 KB) , Chartier, Daniel and Melanie LaCount, Environmental Finance, May 2007.
- An Overview of California's Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (PDF) (29 pp., 506 K)
- "SO2 and NOX Trading Markets: Providing Flexibility and Results" (PDF) (5 pp., 1.2 MB) , Napolitano, Sam, Melanie LaCount, and Daniel Chartier. This article appears in the June, 2007 issue of EM Magazine, a publication of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA; www.awma.org). To obtain copies and reprints, please contact A&WMA directly at 1-412-232-3444.
- Tools of the Trade: A Guide to Designing and Operating a Cap and Trade Program for Pollution Control (PDF) (78 pp., 1.1 MB)
- To Trade or Not to Trade? Criteria for Applying Cap and Trade (PDF) (5 pp., 156 K). In "Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection: Proceedings of the Second International Nitrogen Conference on Science and Policy", The Scientific World (2001).
Fact Sheets
- Trading Basics
- Clearing the Air: The Truth About Capping and Trading Emissions (PDF) (10 pp., 188 K)
Non-EPA Resources
Note: Some of the following links are outside of EPA
Articles and Reports
- The NOx Budget Trading Program: A Collaborative, Innovative Approach to Solving
a Regional Air Pollution Problem The Electricity Journal, Vol 20/9 pp. 65-76, Nov. 2007 (PDF, 13 pp. 1446 KB)
- "The U.S. Acid Rain Program: Key Insights from the Design, Operation, and Assessment of a Cap-and-Trade Program. "(PDF 12pp, 11.5 MB)
- "Allowance Trading and Potential Hot Spots - Good News from the Acid Rain Program, (PDF) " (9 pp., 31 K) Swift, Byron, 31 Environment Reporter, pp. 954-959, May 12, 2000. (Copyright 2000 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.)
- "Emissions Trading and Hot Spots: A Review of the Major Programs, (PDF)" (18 pp., 196 K) Swift, Byron, Environment Reporter,Vol. 35, No. 19, 05/07/2004. Copyright . 2004 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc, Washington, D.C.
- From Obstacle to Opportunity: How Acid Rain Emissions Trading is Delivering Cleaner Air (PDF) (45 pp., 1.4 MB) September 2000, Environmental Defense.
- "How Environmental Laws Work: An Analysis of the Utility Sector's Response to Regulation of Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Dioxide Under the Clean Air Act,) " (Word, 354 K) Swift, Byron, 14 Tulane Envir. Law Journal 309, Summer 2001. (Copyright 2001 by the Tulane Environmental Law Journal.)
- "Optimal Design of a Phase-in Emissions Trading Program with Voluntary Compliance Options," Montero, Juan Pablo, (WP-97004) Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT, July 1997.
- Sulfur-Dioxide Control By Electric Utilities: What Are the Gains from Trade? (PDF) (65 pp., 137 K), Curtis Carlson, Dallas Burtraw, Maureen Cropper, and Karen L. Palmer, July 1998, Revised April 2000, Resources for the Future, discussion paper # 98-44-REV.
- "The Efficiency and Robustness of Allowance Banking in the U.S. Acid Rain Program, (PDF) " (40 pp., 454 K) Ellerman, Denny and Juan-Pablo Montero, (WP-2005-005), Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT, March 2005.
- "The U.S. Acid Rain Program: Key Insights from the Design, Operation, and Assessment of a Cap-and-Trade Program. "(PDF 12pp, 11.5 MB)
- "Volunteering for Market-Based Environmental Regulation: The Substitution Provision of the SO2 Emissions Trading Program," Montero, Juan Pablo, (WP-97001) Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT, January 1997.