Virginia, your 'green new deal' price tag is showing   By David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy January 18, 2022     (Note: this release is a companion piece to a recent article about Delaware's real and proven negatives of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax that causes less in-state power generation, higher consumer/industrial electricity rates, large industrial electricity users moving out of state, and loss of high-pa

Imagine Delaware with no in-state electric power generation By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy December 21, 2021 (updated January 11, 2022)     Delaware generated 78% of its electricity in-state a decade ago, but it will likely be down to 33% this year.  By 2023 it may be close to zero!  That means lost jobs, lost state and local tax revenues, higher electric rates, and possibly lower power reliability for Delaware. The demand for electri

Hybrid vehicles a better option than full battery powered vehicles By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy and Environmental Policy December 14, 2021     Let's assume you want to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions with your choice of the vehicle you drive.  Below is a comparison of hybrid vehicles compared to full battery powered electric vehicles, or EVs for short.  The EVs offer essentially no emission savings while the hybrid vehicles do, along with signific

Multistate carbon tax scheme on gasoline collapses By David T. Stevenson Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy November 19, 2021     A dozen states have been considering a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel, starting at about 10 cents a gallon and rising to perhaps 40 cents over time. The idea was higher prices would discourage driving, and the revenue would be used to promote electric vehicles (EV) and public transportation. Last