Title :
How U.S. EPA projects the impact of air emission policies on the electric power sector
Author :
Lieberman, Elliot
Author_Institution :
US Environ. Protection Agency, Washington, DC
Abstract :
This paper describes how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses the integrated planning model (a large linear programming optimization model of the U.S. electric power sector) to project the impact of air emissions policies on the U.S. electric power sector over a 10-25 year time horizon. Specific examples are given of the model´s projections for the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), a regulation that was issued by EPA on March 10, 2005
Keywords :
air pollution; electricity supply industry; government policies; linear programming; Clean Air Interstate Rule; Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. EPA projects; air emission policies; electric power sector; linear programming optimization model; Economic forecasting; Fuels; Geothermal power generation; Linear programming; Power generation economics; Power system modeling; Power system planning; Predictive models; Solar power generation; Wind energy generation; Air pollution; decision support systems; emission; forecasting; linear programming; modeling; power generation; power generation economics; power system modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0493-2
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2006.1709167
