AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY AND COST OF ALTERNATIVE CARBON MITIGATION POLICIES FOR THE STATE OF INDIANA

A nation-wide climate policy targeting the power sector might lead to dramatic changes to Indiana's electricity generation system. This is because Indiana relies heavily on coal as its primary source for electricity generation and coal is much more carbon-intensive than other fossil fuels. In the possible event that Indiana will have to take action on carbon mitigation, for example because of a national climate policy in the future, it is important for state policymakers to understand the costs and efficacy of alternative strategies. In addition, assessing the impacts of the policy alternatives on Indiana serves as guidance for the national policy design process regarding the subnational impacts.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural Economics

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Lu, Liwei

Contributors dc:contributor

• Paul Preckel
• Benjamin M Gramig
• Douglas J Gotham
• Andrew Lu Liu

• Climate policy
• Electricity generation system
• Energy modeling
• Indiana
• MARKAL

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1191

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2407