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The Stakes for Energy Costs in Budget Reconciliation
We estimate how much energy costs could rise for households and industry if Congress chooses to roll back and repeal key pollution regulations and energy tax credits.
Hannah Kolus
Senior Analyst
Hannah Kolus is a Senior Analyst with Rhodium Group's Energy & Climate practice, leading US energy system modeling of the impacts of policy and evolving energy markets, particularly in the power sector.
Energy & ClimateHannah maintains Rhodium Group’s modified version of the National Energy Modeling System (RHG-NEMS).
Before joining Rhodium, Hannah worked with global land models and output at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researched historical climate at Northern Arizona University. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Brown University and a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Northern Arizona University.
Research by Hannah Kolus
Journal article
Impacts of EPA’s Finalized Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Standards | Science
In an article published in Science, Rhodium Group and 11 other organizations provide a multi-model comparison of the greenhouse gas emissions impacts of the EPA’s May 2024 standards for regulating greenhouse gases from power plants.
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Trump 2.0: What’s in Store for US Energy and Climate?
Rolling back executive action on climate could raise average household energy costs, increase dependence on oil and gas imports, drive up GHG emissions, and put substantial levels of private investment at risk.
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Taking Stock 2024: US Energy and Emissions Outlook
In our annually updated outlook for US greenhouse gas emissions under current federal and state policy, we find that the US is on track to reduce emissions 38-56% below 2005 levels by 2035, absent any additional new action.