Tag Archives: Modeling

Two Big Reports Released on November 16: the White House Decarbonization Plan and the World Energy Outlook 2016

On November 16, the Obama Administration released its “Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization.”  The 100-page plan lays out a detailed strategy to meet a goal of reducing by 2050 economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 80% or more below 2005 levels.  … Continue reading

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Modeling Goes On for the CPP

Although the fate of the CPP remains uncertain, groups continue to model different scenarios that assume its implementation.  In a recently released report, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) compared five studies concerning CPP implementation. (Specifically, the studies are … Continue reading

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Annual Energy Outlook 2016 Now Available

Yesterday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Annual Energy Outlook 2016.  EIA has updated its reference case to include new legislation and regulations enacted since April 2015, as well as model changes and data updates.  In the electric power … Continue reading

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PJM Issues Report on CPP Compliance

Earlier this month, PJM released a report analyzing the Clean Power Plan’s impact on electricity economics and reliability.  The report analyzed seven different compliance pathways and found that PJM would be able to both achieve the CPP’s CO2 emissions reduction … Continue reading

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New NREL Study Examines Renewable Generation Integration in the Eastern Interconnection

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) commissioned the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to examine the potential impacts that high penetrations of wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) may have on the Eastern Interconnection by evaluating the conditions system operators would … Continue reading

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