DOE Efficiency Standard Hints At Benefits Analysis For CO2 Rules

A recent Department of Energy (DOE) energy conservation rule includes a new analysis that may indicate the method the Obama administration will use to estimate the benefits of carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions from future emission controls, which could be used to justify the stringency of such controls. While the analysis in the DOE rule falls short of requests by some state officials for methodologies that could be used to justify especially stringent emission regulations, it cites preliminary conclusions from inter-agency...