Let MC be the marginal private cost per megawatt hour (Mwh) of producing electricity using coal. Let MSC be the marginal social cost per Mwh and T be the tax per Mwh. To achieve efficiency, the tax should be set so that

A) MC = MSC + T.
B) MSC = MC + T.
C) MC + MSC = T
D) MC = T.

B

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