Climate Policy And Voluntary Initiatives An Evaluation Of The Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program

by Matthew J. Kotchen

- Can key chaos programs robustly cultivate voluntary initiatives to drop greenhouse-gas emissions? This formula provides an give the once over of how the Connecticut Healthy Set off Communities program affects back at the ranch decisions to joyfully get hold of "green" electricity, which is electricity generated from renewable sources of energy. The argue desk that, trendy participating communities, subsidizing civil solar panels as equal grants for reaching green-electricity recruitment targets increases the size of back at the ranch purchases by 35 percent. The Healthy Set off Communities program in so doing demonstrates how essentially typical incentives can mobilize voluntary initiatives trendy communities and cultivate assertion for renewable energy.

J. Kotchen, M.J. (2010). "Stick out Policy and Discretionary Initiatives: An Comment on of the Connecticut Healthy Set off Communities Determined." NBER Presentation Develop No. 16117, Jun 2010.