Science & Technology

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).

Revisions to Cost and Performance for Air Pollution Control Technologies

View revisions made to cost development methodologies used to build EPA Base Case v4.10_PTox, the IPM version that EPA used to analyze the proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

Updates to Base Case v4.10_PTox

Learn about the assumptions used for Base Case v4.10_Ptox, the Integrated Planning Model (IPM) version that EPA used to analyze the proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Rule.

Related Items to IPM Base Case v.4.10

Learn about gas resource assumptions used in Integrated Planning Models (IPMs) and planned updates to IPM v.4.10.

Updates to Base Case v.3.02 EISA Using the Integrated Planning Model

View documentation about EPA Base Case v3.02 EISA using the Integrated Planning Model (IPM), the version used to model electric generation for the proposed Transport Rule.

Documentation for Integrated Planning Model (IPM) Base Case v.4.10

Learn more about EPA Base Case v.4.10 assumptions, updates, changes, and enhancements.

Documentation for IPM Base Case 2006 (v.3.0)

Learn about the Integrated Planning Model (IPM) Base Case 2006 (v3.0) assumptions, updates, changes, and enhancements, primarily in the form of downloadable data tables and graphics.

Analysis of the Proposed MATS Risk and Technology Review (RTR)

IPM analyses of the Proposed MATS Risk and Technology Review (RTR)

Documentation for Pre-IRA 2022 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.

Technical Information for Reporting Data

This page is the landing page for ECMPS.

Power Sector Labor Analysis Methodology

Find on this page a document on methodology for power sector-specific employment analysis