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Research Highlights
Amicus Curiae in the Case of Genesis B. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
July 2025
Principal Economist Elizabeth A. Stanton led AEC Staff in drafting an amicus curiae brief submitted on appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, No. 2:23-cv-10345, in the case of Genesis B. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Genesis plaintiffs (a group of 18 youths) argued that the EPA violated their right to equal protection of the law through discriminatory discounting of children’s lives when making environmental decisions.
Alabama Power’s Plant Miller: An Economic Assessment of Alternative Portfolios
July 2025
On behalf of the Southern Environmental Law Center, Senior Researcher Joshua R. Castigliego, Researcher Jordan Burt, PhD, and Principal Economist Tyler Comings prepared a report that evaluates four alternative portfolios to demonstrate that the continued business-as-usual (BAU) operation of Alabama Power’s James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (also known as “Plant Miller”) is uneconomic and not in the best interest of customers.
Testimony on LG&E-KU’s Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Site Compatibility Certificates
June 2025
Principal Economist Elizabeth A. Stanton, PhD, submitted direct testimony before the Kentucky Public Service Commission to assess the load forecasting assumptions utilized in the 2025 request for approval for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) filed by Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E-KU) in Kentucky PSC Case No. 2025-00045. In her testimony, Dr. Stanton reviews the Companies’ 2025 CPCN Load Forecast and assesses the methodology, assumptions, and findings of their economic development growth forecast, particularly as they related to projected growth in data centers.
AEC Areas of Expertise
All-sector energy planning
Benefit-cost analysis
Capacity expansion modeling
Dispatch modeling
Economic impact analysis (including REMI and IMPLAN)
Economics of energy resources
Electricity system planning (including integrated resource plans)
Emissions accounting
Energy and capacity markets
Energy efficiency planning
Energy policy analysis
Energy-water nexus
Environmental regulations
Equity and consumer impact analysis
Pipeline economic analysis
Renewable energy
Utility cost of capital
Utility finance analysis
Valuation of externalities
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