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  • Consulting & AdvisingNew Hampshire||NH2015

    Measuring the Economic Impacts of Public Service New Hampshire Electric Generation Asset Divestiture Options

    The Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH), now Eversource Energy, signed and filed with the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission a formal Settlement Agreement with various other parties, agreeing to sell all of its remaining electric generation facilities. Divesting all of its electric generation assets helped ac…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingUtah||UT2015

    Memorandum For Rep. Merrill Nelson: Prison Relocation Analysis

    Utah State House Representative Merrill Nelson requested that the Utah Legislative Fiscal Analyst re-evaluate the findings from a study by MGT of America for the Prison Relocation Development Authority on the commercial redevelopment of the Draper state prison. Rep. Nelson also wanted a year-by-year impact for that com…

  • Tax and FiscalDistrict of Columbia||DC2015

    Dynamic Revenue Analysis: Experience of the States

    In this joint report between the Andrew Young School’s Center for State and Local Finance and Fiscal Research Center at Georgia State University, analysts compared modeling softwares, techniques, and uses for assessing tax policy changes. The study detailed the pros and cons of input-output models, computable general e…

  • TechnicalMinnesota||MN2015

    Metropolitan Council’s Forecasts Methodology

    The Metropolitan Council puts forth regional forecasts that consider the Twin Cities’ situation within the overall national economy and in order to assess their findings, it is important to understand the operative methodology behind the analysis. The Council selected REMI Policy Insight (PI) in 2011 as the most approp…

  • Labor and WorkforceArkansas||AR2015

    Analysis of the Fiscal Impacts Associated with Exempting Federal Military Retiree’s Pensions from the Arkansas State Personal Income Tax

    This study simulated the fiscal impacts of this tax policy using a REMI model of Arkansas and then cross checked the analysis using a fiscal impact model derived from an IMPLAN model of Arkansas. The magnitude of the findings did differ, but both approaches were able to identify benefit and cost flows that demonstrated…

  • Tax and FiscalGeorgia||GA2015

    Impact of Elimination of the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit on the Georgia State Economy: Summary of Results

    A partnership between Securing America’s Future Energy and the Electrification Coalition commissioned a study that was prepared by Keybridge Research LLC and relied upon an economic model of Georgia developed by REMI. The study intended on examining the economic effects of a possible elimination of a $5,000 tax credit …

  • National PolicyDistrict of Columbia||DC2015

    Potential Economic Effects of a Permanent Increase in the Section 179 Deduction Allowance Limit

    The National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation used the REMI PI+ model to quantify the gains in employment and production due to the theoretical expansion of the deduction allowance limit from $25,000 to $500,000 per year. The collected results suggest that an expansion of this caliber could increa…

  • TransportationCalifornia||CA2015

    Economic Analysis of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan

    The impacts of the economic effects of the stimulus obtained from constructing and operation of the Regional Plan transportation system and the economic effects of a more efficient version of the current transportation system were estimated using the REMI TranSight model. These two scenarios sought to comprehend the ba…

  • Consulting & AdvisingKansas||KS2014

    Economic and Employment Effects of Expanding KanCare

    This report was a collaboration between George Washington University and REMI that examined the economic and employment consequences of expanding Medicare eligibility using the Tax-PI model. At the time of the study, Kansas’s Medicaid eligibility levels were well below the levels used in most states and nearly one out …

  • Consulting & AdvisingVermont||VT2014

    The Economic, Fiscal, Emissions, and Demographic Implications from a Carbon Price Policy in Vermont

    The REMI PI+ model in collaboration with the Carbon Tax Analysis model investigated the economic, emissions, environmental, and demographics issues inherent within a carbon fee policy. Vermont was found to experience a net increase in employment based on its scarce amounts of fossil fuel extraction and refining. If the…

  • Energy and EnvironmentIllinois||IL2014

    The Impact of Exelon’s Nuclear Fleet on the Illinois Economy

    The Nuclear Energy Institute maximized on the REMI PI+ model by using the model to analyze economic and expenditure data. This collection of data was provided by the involved nuclear plants in order to develop estimates of their economic benefits. The total economic impact to the state of Exelon’s multiple reactors was…

  • Energy and EnvironmentRhode Island||RI2014

    Macroeconomic Impacts of Rhode Island Energy Efficiency Investments

    National Grid’s 2014 Energy Efficiency Program Plan for Rhode Island was analyzed in this report in order to quantify its macroeconomic impacts. This study also provides updated economic impact multipliers that enable the quantification of the benefits of future energy efficiency program in the Rhode Island economy. Un…

  • Labor and WorkforceNevada||NV2014

    An Updated Economic Analysis of the Education Initiative (2014)

    The structural input-output model developed by REMI was incorporated into a study on Nevada’s Education Initiative to try and address Nevada’s inconsistencies and failures that have led to the state’s poor educational statistics. The model was applied to the three proposed scenarios: “no-spending”, “gross-spending”, an…

  • Energy and EnvironmentSouth Carolina||SC2014

    South Carolina Offshore Wind Economic Impact Study Phase 2

    The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and the Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University collaborated on an economic impact study on behalf of the South Carolina Energy Office that was intended to assess the economic impact of a demonstration scale offshore wind farm on the state of South Carolina. Analyst…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingMontana||MT2014

    The Growing Economic Impact of Craft Brewing in Montana

    The economic contribution of Montana craft brewing to Montana’s economy was studied by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana using the REMI model. At the time of this analysis, Montana ranked third in the United States in breweries per 100,000 adults over age 21, with 40 breweries op…