Magnitude. Each bullet represents competitive impediments to renewable and efficiency technologies in excess of $10 billion per year Structure of carbon control regime. Auction structure and whether, how much, and for how long fossil will be grandfathered. Carbon capture and storage. Financial assurance for, and measurement of, carbon capture and sequestration. Renewable fuel mandates that do not properly integrate life cycle impacts of eligible fuels. Environmental damages, political backlash. Capital risk. Muting of real cost of capital in nuclear and clean coal investments via loan guarantees and other programs. Shifting accident and proliferation-related costs in nuclear power to taxpayer. Shifting technical development costs onto taxpayers for clean coal, nuclear. Locational pricing. Lack of nodal pricing in electricity.
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