Climate and Clean Energy Policy

Benjamin Deitchman wrote this book while working as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy in the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He currently works for the Georgia Public Service Commission in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Role of Federalism and Polycentric Governance of Energy Policy IssuesChapter 3: Political Dimensions of Energy PolicyChapter 4: Traditional and Innovative Financing PoliciesChapter 5: Buildings: Codes, Standards, and Incentives Chapter 6: Regulatory Policies: EERS, RPS, and a Price on CarbonChapter 7: Smarter Rates for ElectricityChapter 8: Promoting Green Jobs and the Green EconomyChapter 9: International Contrasts, Comparisons, and PartnershipsChapter 10: Conclusions

'All too often, energy analysts obsess over energy policies and their various permutations. Deitchman goes much further and looks at the politics and broader socioeconomic forces shaping state energy and climate planning processes and their outcomes. The result is a novel, rich, and intellectually engaging comparative assessment.'—Benjamin K. Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex as well as Professor of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark'… a useful primer on recent state energy policy developments …'—Barry Rabe, Publius: The Journal of Federalism'One of the more impressive qualities of the book is the author’s ability to analyze each topic through a diverse set of theoretical perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach to such a multifaceted and complex topic provides a nice contribution to the public management and environmental federalism literature.' —Sanya Carley and Michelle Graff, The American Review of Public Administration