An economic incentives approach for reducing acid rain

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6706950

Veselka, T D; Streets, D G

Proposed strategies for reducing the adverse effects of acid deposition have centered on controlling sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired utility power plants. Many prescriptions for reducing such emissions have been offered in the past five years, and almost all of them are of the standards-plus-enforcement type. We have examined an alternative approach: economic incentives for emission reductions. The inspiration for this work came from a bill (H.R. 4483) introduced to the 98th Congress in 1983 by Rep. Les Aspin of Wisconsin. Of the 50 bills introduced between 1981 and 1985, this was the only one to propose an economic incentives approach to acid-rain control. With the development of detailed models and data bases of the electric utility industry, it is possible to examine the likely effects of a program such as that proposed by the Aspin bill.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6706950
• Report Number(s): CONF-861158-11; ON: DE87006981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CONTROL
ECONOMIC IMPACT
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
NAPAP
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
RAIN