History of energy incentives
USA
2018
Nuclear Energy Institute
Megacities cities towns industry agriculture all depend on reliable stable energy mostly from fossil fuels nuclear and hydro. Incentives have played an important role.
Roger Bezdek, President of Management Information Services, Inc. brought this Nuclear Energy Institute report to our attention: The federal government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars since WW II supporting energy technologies with large shares going to fossil fuels. Energy subsidies are drawing intense attention as policymakers grapple with a variety of incentives that are straining competitive electricity markets and driving baseload generation off the grid.