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The Center for Energy Studies (CES) is mandated to provide energy information and analysis that responds to the needs of the legislature, public agencies, and business and civic groups. The Center maintains some unique energy data bases and is the official repository of energy information from the state and The Energy Council. Staff respond regularly to requests from a wide variety of individuals and institutions for specialized energy data and information.
CES comprises the following units:
- Radiation Safety Office
- Minerals Processing Research Division
- Oil Spill Research and Development Division
- Energy Information and Data Division
- Policy Analysis Division
- Research and Development Division
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News
White Paper Addresses How Carbon Capture Can Reduce Industrial Tax Burden
A new white paper reveals an approach that Louisiana can use to decrease the burden of a carbon tax on large industrial CO2 emitters. Titled “Overlooked Opportunity: Incentivizing Carbon Capture through Carbon Tax Revenues,” the paper details how carbon tax revenues can advance Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS), a technology that reduces CO2 emissions.
A carbon tax, which prices CO2 emissions equal to their environmental damages, is becoming a likely tool for Louisiana and 24 other states as they work to reach net-zero carbon emissions. The white paper, written by LSU Center for Energy Studies Assistant Professor Brittany Tarufelli, reviews the appeal of utilizing carbon tax revenues to fund the research, development, and implementation of CCUS.
“Policymakers have largely overlooked the possibility of recycling carbon tax revenues to incentivize and reduce the costs of CCUS,” said Tarufelli. “This proposition would help emissions-intensive industry and smooth the transition to a lower-carbon economy.”
Center Releases Gulf Coast Energy Outlook 2021
On November 18, 2020, the LSU Center for Energy Studies released the 2021 edition of the Gulf Coast Energy Outlook (GCEO). The 2021 GCEO examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 hurricane season, trade negotiations with China, and potential policies of a Biden administration on the region’s upstream oil and gas activity, downstream investments in refining and petrochemicals, energy exports, electricity demand, and energy sector-specific employment.
David E. Dismukes, executive director and professor, and Greg Upton, associate professor, authored the report.