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  • TransportationNorth Carolina||NC2016

    Impact of Introducing an Electric Vehicle Tax Credit on the North Carolina State Economy

    A 70-sector REMI model of the North Carolina economy was utilized by Keybridge Public Policy Economics to evaluate two scenarios (“baseline” and “policy”) that helped to estimate the impact on state gross domestic product (GDP) of implementing a $2,500 tax credit for the purchase of both battery electric vehicles and p…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingFlorida||FL2016

    Santa Rosa County Tourism Market Economic Impact Study

    The University of West Florida’s Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development completed a visitor profile of those who travel to Santa Rosa County by incorporating the REMI PI+ model. This study concluded a yearlong effort to survey Santa Rosa County’s tourists and quantify their impact on the community. …

  • Tax and FiscalWashington||WA2016

    2015 Tax Preference Performance Reviews: Motion Picture Program Contributions

    Businesses were able to claim a credit against their business and occupation tax equal to the amount of contributions they made to the Washington Motion Picture Competitiveness Program. The program reimbursed motion picture companies for their qualifying expenses in Washington with these contributions and the two types…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingCalifornia||CA2016

    Regional Forecast for Plan Bay Area 2040

    REMI developed a Bay Area PI+ model for this regional forecast study that reflected the unique characteristics of the Bay Area economy in order to assess the employment, population, household, in-commute, and Regional Housing Control Total projections within the Plan Bay Area 2040 forecast. The Association of Bay Area …

  • Energy and EnvironmentMinnesota||MN2016

    Minnesota Climate Strategies and Economic Opportunities

    The Minnesota Climate Strategies and Economic Opportunities project was convened through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Center for Climate Strategies, the Minnesota Department of Commerce, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, with coordination from the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. The projec…

  • Energy and EnvironmentArizona||AZ2016

    The Economic Impact of Distributed Solar in the APS Service Territory, 2016-2035

    An Arizona-specific REMI regional forecasting model was used to analyze the economic impact of three distributed solar deployment scenarios for the study period 2016-2035 by the Seidman Research Institute and Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business. From a financial perspective, this study found that a…

  • Energy and EnvironmentDistrict of Columbia||DC2016

    Employment Impacts of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies

    This report by Argonne National Laboratory that updated and expanded upon the 2008 Department of Energy Report to Congress, Effects of a Transition to a Hydrogen Economy on Employment in the United States, incorporated the REMI Policy Insight model in order to permit detailed analysis for five regions in Fiscal Year 20…

  • National PolicyDistrict of Columbia||DC2016

    The Economic Impact of H.R. 932 and Mandatory Paid Sick Leave on U.S. Small Businesses

    Using the REMI model, the NFIB Research Foundation found that implementation of H.R. 932 in 2016 could result in 430,000 jobs lost by 2025. It was also found that real output lost could rise to as high as $652 billion, with small businesses feel the true weight of this decision with 58% of all jobs lost and 50% of tota…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingCalifornia||CA2015

    California’s Innovation-Based Economy: Policies to Maintain and Enhance It

    The results of a REMI simulation model on the 10-year (2015-2024) span after the implementation of a new $200 million Research & Development credit display an increase in GDP of $7.7 billion and $10.5 billion compared to the California economy without the credit. Overall personal income for Californians would increase …

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingNevada||NV2015

    Economic Impact of Faraday Future on Clark County

    For the Faraday Future project, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development requested a custom IMPLAN model to show the impact of large scale projects on employment and the economy and to test the IMPLAN results against the Nevada Department of Taxation’s REMI model’s generated results to ensure that the IMPLA…

  • Energy and EnvironmentDistrict of Columbia||DC2015

    Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation: Opportunities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

    Calculations of costs and savings to businesses and consumers plus changes in government expenditures were modeled using the REMI Policy Insight model. The analysis determined that existing federal and state policies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 29%, but scientists believe that a reduction of closer t…

  • StudyDistrict of Columbia||DC2015

  • Consulting & AdvisingRhode Island||RI2015

    The Economic Impact of RhodeWorks: An Accelerated Transportation Restoration Plan

    REMI was engaged by the Rhode Island Department of Revenue’s Office of Revenue Analysis on behalf of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation to analyze and model the economic and demographic effects of the RhodeWorks transportation infrastructure improvement and restoration plan. Rhode Island’s transportation inf…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingMichigan||MI2015

    The Perils of Efficiency: An Analysis of an Unexpected Closure of the Poe Lock and its Impact

    The infrastructure for iron mining, integrated steel production, and manufacturing supply chain has little resilience despite being one of the nation’s most economically vital systems. The Poe Lock at the Soo Locks connecting Lakes Huron and Superior is a potential single point of failure in this supply chain. The Depa…

  • Energy and EnvironmentMassachusetts||MA2015

    The Economic Impacts of Failing to Build Energy Infrastructure in New England

    This energy infrastructure study was prepared for the New England Coalition for Affordable Energy by La Capra Associates, Inc. and Economic Development Research Group after constraints in previous years cost the region approximately $7.5 billion. New England’s reliance increased dramatically between 2000-2015 as natura…