Client: Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana
Author: Liz Stanton, PhD
April 2017
On behalf of Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Clinic Director and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD provided testimony before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commissions in Cause No.44872 regarding Northern Indiana Public Service Company's (NIPSCO) request to recover environmental compliance costs related to coal combustion residuals (coal ash).
Client: Clean Air Council
Author: Liz Stanton, PhD
April 2017
Clinic Director and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD provided Clean Air Council with analysis regarding the economic need for new supplies of gas liquids carried by the Mariner East 1 & 2 pipelines. Sunoco Pipeline claims that the Pennsylvania public will benefit from the pipelines. Dr. Stanton assisted Clean Air Council in reviewing this claim including present and expected future supply and demand of gas liquids in Pennsylvania and, given this information, the extent to which new supplies of gas liquids can reasonably be expected to benefit the Pennsylvania public.
Client: Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana
Author: Liz Stanton, PhD
March 2017
On behalf of Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Clinic Director and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD submitted testimony in Cause No. 43955 DSM-4. Dr. Stanton provided an expert opinion as to whether or not Duke Energy Indiana’s 2017-2019 energy efficiency plan is reasonable under Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 412 (2015). She concluded that DEI’s plan should be rejected as unreasonable until all recommendations given in her testimony are incorporated into Duke's plan.
This testimony is part of a joint AEC and Anna Sommers LLC series of reviews of Indiana Demand Side Management plans on behalf of Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana.
Client: Conservation Law Foundation
Author: Liz Stanton, PhD
February 2017
On behalf of Conservation Law Foundation, Clinic Director and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD submitted testimony before the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (MassDEP) regarding new and revised regulations 310 CMR 7.2, 310 CMR 7.73, 310 CMR 7.74, 310 CMR 7.75, 310 CMR 60.05 and 310 CMR 60.06 and their relation to the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA). Dr. Stanton's testimony addressed the characteristics of and standards for a satisfactory framework for accounting for expected greenhouse gas emissions under GWSA and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts May 17, 2016 ruling on GWSA requirements, and presented results of a third-party review of MassDEP’s proposed methodology for greenhouse gas accounting in this matter as presented in their proposed new and amended regulations and related materials.