Job Impacts of Coal and Nuclear Phase-Outs

Synapse conducted a study on behalf of the Civil Society Institute (CSI) to estimate the employment impacts of a scenario in which all coal-fired electric generation and much of the nuclear power existing in the United States in 2010 is phased out through 2050 and replaced with renewable generation and energy efficiency measures. This scenario was developed in a previous study completed for CSI in May 2010. The analysis utilized the IMPLAN model to estimate the direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts of this coal and nuclear phase-out on eight multi-state regions and on the U.S. as a whole.