
Philip Rossetti - AAF
Aug 9, 2019 · Philip Rossetti was formerly the Director of Energy Policy at the American Action Forum. His research addresses a range of energy policy issues, including carbon taxes, renewable energy, nuclear power, oil and natural gas, international energy trade, the renewable fuel standard, electricity markets, energy tax credits, international climate agreements, and …
Eakinomics: Financial Turbulence - AAF
Oct 11, 2018 · Financial turbulence will come and go, but focus should remain on policies that support the fundamentals of real economic growth.
The Energy Loan Guarantee Program is Worth Reforming - AAF
Dec 3, 2018 · Philip Rossetti Executive Summary The Loan Programs Office (LPO) was created under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to create a source of capital for early stage energy technologies that may struggle to attract loans.
New Renewable Fuel Standards Remain Flawed - AAF
Nov 30, 2018 · Philip Rossetti Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published its regulation for the volume of renewable fuels to be blended with gasoline next year at 19.92 billion gallons, slightly higher than the 19.88 that was expected.
What it Costs to Go 100 Percent Renewable - AAF
Jan 25, 2019 · Merely installing the required renewable capacity above projected renewable growth would cost $5.7 trillion. A business-as-usual approach would have 36.7 gigawatts of new (non-renewable) electricity generating capacity being built by 2030, which would have a capital requirement of approximately $48 billion, meaning the net difference in capital investment required between the 100 percent ...
OPEC Still Influences Oil Prices - AAF
Jun 25, 2018 · Philip Rossetti Summary Despite huge increases in U.S. oil production, the combination of increased oil demand and artificial constraints on output through an agreement between OPEC and Russia, which together control more than half of global oil production, has forced prices to rise.
The U.S. Does Not Have $50 Trillion in Fossil Fuel Resources
Feb 9, 2017 · Philip Rossetti Summary The White House’s official energy policy aims to lift restrictions on fossil fuel extraction to capitalize on America’s untapped resources, which the White House estimates to have a potential value of $50 trillion.
Rulemakings Remain Cool While CRA Action Warms Up - AAF
Mar 3, 2025 · Regulatory activity across the various agencies continued to slog along at a minimal pace last week. There were only six rulemakings with some kind of quantifiable economic impact, with the “most significant” item being yet another routine airworthiness directive. The real action of the week came from the halls of Congress, where lawmakers finally held […]
Regulatory Winter Extended - AAF
Feb 10, 2025 · To paraphrase Phil Connors: Well, it’s regulatory freeze week…again. In the week following the real-life Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow, federal rulemakings remained in a deep chill. For the second-straight week, the only glimmers of regulatory activity came from a small cohort of airworthiness directives. Across all rulemakings, agencies published $18.4 million in total costs […]
"Buy America" - AAF
Jul 10, 2017 · Philip Rossetti, Jacqueline Varas, Brianna Fernandez Today the American Action Forum released a new infographic examining the implications of Buy America regulations on U.S.-based infrastructure projects, specifically metro system procurements.