The Economic Impacts of the Clean Power Plan: How Studies of the Same Regulation Can Produce Such Different Results

The World Resources Institute (WRI) analyzed four economic studies of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), finding that the regulation's projected effects on electricity affordability and the economy vary significantly based on the assumptions used in the modeling.

• Economic modeling of climate regulations can be used to support either highly positive or highly negative economic forecasts depending on the assumptions made about policy implementation, commodity prices, and technological progress.
• Different organizations have produced markedly different conclusions regarding how the Clean Power Plan (CPP) will affect the overall economy and the affordability of electricity.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The Economic Impacts of the Clean Power Plan: How Studies of the Same Regulation Can Produce Such Different Results. https://www.wri.org/research/economic-impacts-clean-power-plan-how-studies-same-regulation-can-produce-such-different

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The Economic Impacts of the Clean Power Plan: How Studies of the Same Regulation Can Produce Such Different Results. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/economic-impacts-clean-power-plan-how-studies-same-regulation-can-produce-such-different.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendeconomic, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The Economic Impacts of the Clean Power Plan: How Studies of the Same Regulation Can Produce Such Different Results}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/economic-impacts-clean-power-plan-how-studies-same-regulation-can-produce-such-different}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }