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.
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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.
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EPA recently finalized new standards for regulating greenhouse gases from power plants. We analyze what the new rules mean for electric power GHG and conventional pollutant emissions into the next decade.
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From a decarbonization perspective, tax guidance on the technology-neutral 45Y and 48E tax credits for clean electricity may be the single most important Inflation Reduction Act implementation action the IRS will take.
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State action has been a key historic driver of climate ambition, and additional policy action by states can help further close the gap between current emissions projections and US 2030 climate targets. In addition, states can leverage investments mad
