Cap & Trade
Attached is a compilation paper that summarizes what Insight believes to be the major issues in cap and trade.
Posted by Paul Walker at 9 Jun 2010 
Categories: Regulatory Analysis, Insight Papers and Presentations, Summaries of Articles, Lobbying
Tags: Economy Energy
Categories: Regulatory Analysis, Insight Papers and Presentations, Summaries of Articles, Lobbying
Tags: Economy Energy
On June 16, the Wall Street Journal included an Op-Ed titled "Captains of Subsidy" which looked at how lobbying is affecting energy legislation.
Key points:
GE, Microsoft & a venture capital firm are calling for Federal R&D budgets to triple, from $5 billion to $16 billion to "fund, build and accelerate the commercialization of advanced energy technologies." The Journal wonders why a $5 trillion global energy market needs that, unless it has something to do with the budgets of GE, Microsoft, and venture capital firms.
The executives also called for a cap-and-trade program to incent energy companies to buy 'advanced' energy technology products.