Resiliency: Economic Analysis and Planning for the Unexpected

Extreme weather and other risks have inspired increasing interest in resiliency planning. We need to know in advance whether our critical infrastructure can withstand expected and unexpected events. Policy makers also want to understand the costs and benefits of different resilience plans.

Dynamic economic impact analysis plays an indispensable role in assessing resiliency. Users of REMI’s modeling software are on the forefront of resiliency planning. In light of its increased relevance, we are planning to highlight resiliency over the coming weeks.

REMI will be including a presentation on resiliency and infrastructure investments at the 2019 REMI D.C. Annual Policy Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 21st.

Margaret Kurth, Contract Research Engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, will also give a resilience-related presentation at the 2019 REMI Amherst Economic Analysis Conference, which is scheduled to be held at our Amherst, MA headquarters from Thursday, June 27th to Friday, June 28th.

The 2019 REMI Great Lakes Policy Conference that REMI will be hosting in Ann Arbor, MI on Thursday, July 11th also features discussions regarding resiliency, infrastructure, and other timely policy topics.

We’re aiming to have additional resiliency presentations in the near future.

REMI to Hold Annual D.C. Conference on June 21st

Policy change comes slow in Washington, D.C. amid a divided government. Members of Congress and presidential candidates highlight their visions for federal policy, underscoring partisan differences.

At this crossroads, nonpartisan economic policy analysis offers a way to clarify these debates and suggests a way forward in energy, the environment, taxes, trade, and transportation. Users of REMI’s dynamic economic modeling software are searching for answers to these questions.

We will be holding the 2019 REMI D.C. Annual Policy Conference on Friday, June 21st to explore today’s most pressing policy debates. Our speakers will discuss a range of topics from international trade to infrastructure resiliency.

Please click here for details about the conference.

NOTE: REMI will not hold its monthly Washington DC policy luncheon this June, as we focus on preparing this special conference on June 21st.

The Green New Deal: The Role of Analysis

While the Green New Deal is currently driving the discussion about climate change, policymakers have been examining a range of regulatory and market-based approaches to reduce greenhouse gases.

The Congressional resolution proposed by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey is aspirational and refers to a variety of government action. At the same time, the market-based option of a carbon tax is still on the table – and may not be necessarily mutually exclusive to other strategies.

Alliance for Market Solutions, a conservative non-profit organization advocating for market-oriented clean energy and environmental policies, commissioned FTI Consulting to simulate a national revenue-neutral carbon tax and to estimate the resulting economic, fiscal, and emission impacts on a state-by-state basis.

For the analysis, the report’s authors, Scott Nystrom, Katie O’Hare, and Ken Ditzel, applied this tax at the point of extraction or import, and modeled the implications of raising the cost of fossil fuels on the national, state, and industry levels.

You can read the entire report by clicking here.

REMI is holding public policy seminars across the country, which will include presentations on “The Green New Deal.” Please visit our event page for more information.

Florida Policy Conference to address resilience, economic development, and Green New Deal

REMI is holding the Florida Policy Conference 2019 in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, March 28th. Our staff and guest speakers will examine infrastructure investments, resiliency planning, economic development, and the Green New Deal, along with competing tax policies.

CEO and Chief Economist Frederick Treyz, Ph.D. and Managing Economic Associate Chris Judson will be hosting the conference. The theme will be “Populism, Policy Analysis and the Economy,” and the presentations will address policy debates and the role of dynamic economic analysis in decision making. There will also be an opportunity at the end of the event for one-on-one consultation with Dr. Treyz and Mr. Judson.

For more information, please visit the event page by clicking here.