Science & Technology

EPA's Power Sector Modeling Platform v6 using IPM - November 2018 Reference Case

This area provides information and documentation on EPA’s power sector modeling platform v6, including the associated input data and modeling assumptions, outputs, and documentation.

Web RPS Tool

Overview of the web based RPS tool

Documentation for EPA's Power Sector Modeling Platform v6 - January 2020 Reference Case

On this page you will find documentation about EPA’s Platform v6 assumptions, updates, changes, and enhancements, including the full support document as well as additional tables and attachments.

Documentation for EPA's Power Sector Modeling Platform v6

On this page you will find documentation about EPA’s Platform v6 assumptions, updates, changes, and enhancements, including the full support document as well as additional tables and attachments.

IPM Analysis of the Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards

Learn about how EPA used Integrated Planning Models (IPM) to analyse the effects of the proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants.

Modeling of Control Costs, Emissions, and Control Retrofits for Cost Effectiveness and Feasibility Analyses

Learn about EPA’s use of the Integrated Planning Model (IPM) to develop estimates of SO2 and NOx emission control costs, projections of future
emissions, and projections of capacity of future control retrofits, assuming controls on EGUs.

Step 6: Revise and Rerun Screening (Optional)

This page describes step 6 of recovery potential screening methodology

Analysis of the Proposed Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule

IPM analyses of the proposed Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule.

Integrated Planning Model (IPM) Analysis of Individual Building Blocks for 111(d)

View documentation explaining detailed information on the modeling framework, specifically estimates of the impacts on the power sector of applying various combinations of the 111(d) building blocks.

Analysis of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update

IPM analyses of the proposed Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule.

Wildland Fire Research Framework 2019-2022

This document provides background information on wildland fire research as it relates to EPA’s mission; a narrative of the existing ORD research portfolio; and a landscape of future work that is within the purview, expertise, and capacity of ORD.

Step 5: Compare Your Watershed Units in Multiple Ways

This page describes step 5 of recovery potential screening methodology

Step 2: Decide Which Watershed Units to Screen

This page describes step 2 of recovery potential screening methodology

IPM Analyses of the Final Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)

View documentation and information about how EPA analyzed the impact of the final CSAPR on the U.S. electric power sector using version 4.10_FTransport of the Integrated Planning Model (IPM).

Documentation for IPM Platform v6 - All Chapters

Find on this page the full documentation for IPM Platform v6, including assumptions, updates, changes, and enhancements.

Retail Price Model

The Retail Price Model is a tool to estimate the average retail electricity prices - under both competitive and regulated market structures - using power sector projections and assumptions from the Energy Information Administration.

Guide to IPM Output Files: EPA Platform v6

This guide provides users with a general explanation of the different IPM v6 files and is meant to help users identify and interpret the data available in the model input and output files.

Guide to IPM Output Files (v.4.10)

Learn about Integrated Planning Model (IPM) output files, plus the contents of parsed files, as they pertain to Base Case v.4.10.

Integrated Planning Model (IPM) Base Case 2006 (v.3.0)

Find comprehensive documentation on EPA's use of the IPM Base Case 2006 (v3.0) model.

Documentation Supplement for Base Case v4.10_FTransport - Updates for Final Transport Rule

View the document that describes the changes implemented as a result for the Final Cross-State Air Pollution Rule ("Transport Rule") analysis in EPA’s application of the Integrated Planning Model (IPM).