Congratulations to the Applied Economics Clinic – we are now a registered 501(c)(3) organization!
AEC’s application for 501(c)(3) status has officially been approved, which means we are a federally recognized nonprofit organization and donations to support our work are fully tax exempt.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Economics and Manufacturing Jobs
AEC Senior Researcher Rachel Wilson, Research Assistants Sagal Alisalad and Emrat Nur Marzan, and Researcher Bryndis Woods have prepared areport, on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, that examines the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) that is currently planned to travel through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina and is intended to bring natural gas to markets in those states. Dominion Transmission, Inc., the leading percentage owner of the pipeline, has made several arguments in favor of the project – including cost savings, increased demand and job growth – based on reports it commissioned from ICF International and Chmura Economics & Analytics. Our report examines the merit of each of these claims and finds them to be unsupported based on available data.
News Coverage of The Future of the Martin Drake Power Plant
In November, AEC Senior Researcher Tyler Comings and Researcher Bryndis Woods prepared areporton the future of the Martin Drake coal-fired power plant in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A recentarticlein The Colorado Gazette highlighted many of the conclusions from our report, regarding the plant’s inefficiencies and declining competitiveness as well as the unwillingness of Colorado Springs Utility to provide operations and maintenance cost data.
We are Hiring!
AEC is currently soliciting applications for a Researcher or Senior Researcher to work on applied economics projects related to climate, energy, the environment, consumer issues and equity. See the job advertisement with additional details on ourwebsite.