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Clear Skies Act Analyses Using IPM V.2.1 (2000)

This page provides the IPM run files and parsed files for the 2000 Clear Skies Act Analyses Using IPM V.2.1.

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EPA V.2.1 Results Using IPM

The analyses of the Clear Skies Initiative are products of the updated model. Among the factors that make IPM particularly well suited to model multi-emissions control programs are (1) its ability to capture complex interactions among the electric power, fuel, and environmental markets, (2) its detail-rich representation of emission control options encompassing a broad array of retrofit technologies along with emission reductions through fuel switching, changes in capacity mix, and electricity dispatch strategies, and (3) its capability to model a variety of environmental market mechanisms, such as emissions caps, allowances, trading, and banking. Clear Skies is implemented through an emissions cap-and-trade program. Such programs are particularly well suited for modeling using IPM, because they rely on the operation of an allowance market, the availability of a broad range of emissions reduction options, and empowerment of economic actors to achieve emission limits. In particular, cap and trade programs, like the one employed in Clear Skies, work by allocating allowances that permit the emission of limited quantities of pollution during specified periods (e.g., ozone season or annually), permitting sources to choose whether to comply with control requirements by reducing emissions or purchasing allowances from other sources. IPM's ability to capture the dynamics of the allowance market and its provision of a wide range of emissions reduction options are particularly important for assessing the impact of multi-emissions environmental policies like Clear Skies.

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Download IPM Run Files

Clicking on the Run ID in the following table initiates the downloading process. To facilitate downloading, a single zipped archive file is posted for each run. Once downloaded, the files in the zipped archive file can be extracted and decompressed using any of a number of widely available archiving/decompression software programs. Several of the files in the archive are in compressed (i.e., zipped) format and can be decompressed using the same archiving/decompression software. For a description of the types and content of the files for each run, see Roadmap to IPM Run Files for EPA Modeling Applications (V.2.1) (PDF) (1 pp., 10 K).

Also, key results forecasted under the EPA Base Case 2000, can by found in EPA Base Case 2000 Results (PDF). (34 pp., 126 K).


Runs Table for EPA Modeling Applications (V.2.1) Using IPM


Run Name/Description

Run ID

EPA Base Case 2000
SO2: Title IV national annual cap and trade (9.47 million tons through 2009, 8.95 million tons 2010 onward).
NOx: SIP Call region summer cap and trade (473 thousand tons 2005 onward).
State-specific caps in Connecticut, Missouri, and Texas.

ipm2000s100d
(Zip, 1.8 MB)

 

 

Clear Skies Initiative
SO2: 4.5 million ton annual cap in 2010 with national trading program and a 3.0 million ton presumptive cap in 2018.
NOx: 2.1 million ton annual cap in 2008 assigned to two Zones with trading programs, and a 1.7 million ton presumptive cap in 2018 assigned to two Zones.
Hg: 26 ton annual cap in 2010 with national trading program, and a 15 ton presumptive annual cap in 2018.
State-specific caps in Connecticut, Missouri, and Texas.

ipm2000s153d_c
(Zip, 1.8 MB)

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Download IPM Run Parsed Files

Clicking on the name of the parsed file in the following table initiates the downloading process. The files are posted in one of two formats, a zipped archive file or an excel spreadsheet. For a description of the content of the each parsed file see the explanation of parsed files below.


Table of Parsed Run Data for EPA Modeling Applications (v. 2.1) Using IPM


Parsed Run

File Type/Size

EPA Base Case 2000 parsed for year 2010

1.1 MB zipped Excel file

EPA Base Case 2000 parsed for year 2020

1.1 MB zipped Excel file

Clear Skies Initiative parsed for year 2010

3.4 MB Excel file

Clear Skies Initiative parsed for year 2020

3.5 MB Excel file

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Explanation of Parsed Files

EPA Modeling Applications (V.2.1) of the Integrated Planning Model produce forecasts for model plants, i.e., clusters of real life units with similar characteristics. A parsed file is an Excel spreadsheet that provides unit-level results derived from the model plant projections obtained by the Integrated Planning Model (IPM). Parsed results are generally only produced for fossil-fuel fired units. Projections for individual plants are based on data currently available and modeling parameters which are simplifications of the real world. It is likely that future actions regarding individual plants will differ from model projections of actions; however, the aggregate impacts are expected to be appropriately characterized by the model.

For a detailed description of the fields that appear in a parsed file, see Parsed Results Using EPA Modeling Applications (V.2.1) of the Integrated Planning Model (PDF) (2 pp., 9 K).

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