Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing Policies in the Electricity Sector

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dallas Burtraw ◽  
Margaret Walls ◽  
Joshua A. Blonz
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Carbon Pricing ◽  
Pricing Policies ◽  
Distributional Impacts

scholarly journals Mapping and clustering the adoption of carbon pricing policies: what polities price carbon and why?

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1173-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Skovgaard ◽  
Sofía Sacks Ferrari ◽  
Åsa Knaggård
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Pricing ◽  
Pricing Policies

scholarly journals Carbon Pricing and Complementary Policies—Consistency of the Policy Mix for Decarbonizing Buildings in Germany

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 7143
Author(s):  
Sibylle Braungardt ◽  
Veit Bürger ◽  
Benjamin Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Policy Mix ◽  
Carbon Pricing ◽  
Pricing Scheme ◽  
Low Carbon Energy

While it is widely acknowledged that carbon pricing plays an important role in driving the transition towards a low-carbon energy system, its interaction with complementary instruments is discussed controversially. The analysis of combining carbon pricing with complementary policies has been mostly focused on the electricity sector, while the role of carbon pricing in the buildings sector has received only minor interest. In view of the newly introduced carbon pricing scheme for the buildings and transport sector in Germany, we analyze the interactions between the carbon pricing scheme with the existing policy instruments and assess the consistency of the policy mix for decarbonizing the buildings sector. Our analysis finds that the introduction of carbon pricing has a reinforcing effect on the instrument mix and adds to the consistency of the policy mix. The results highlight the importance of complementary policies in order to achieve deep decarbonization in the buildings sector. We conclude that carbon pricing, preferably implemented as a tax with a predictable and increasing price level, needs to be supplemented with a powerful mix of complementary measures.

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