The following documents/recordings provide insight into how electricty is dispatched and what a "marginal" unit is, how clean energy initiatives and air pollution control devices affect air emissions differently, and the types of methods available to estimate emission reductions from clean energy.
Recording
- EPA Technical Forum Call on Quantifying the Emission Impacts of Clean Energy Initiatives, June 14, 2011
Download transcript (71.72 KB) - EPA Technical Forum Call on Deciding How to Quantify Emissions Reductions from Clean Energy, January 30, 2012 Download transcript (71.72 KB)
Presentations
You may need Adobe Reader to view files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.-
Quantifying Emission Impacts of Clean Energy Initiatives (PDF)(13 pp, 1 MB,
June 14, 2011)
Art Diem, U.S. EPA
-
Using a Time-Matched Hourly Marginal Emissions Tool in Metropolitan Washington (PDF)(15 pp, 857 K,
June 14, 2011)
Jeff King, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Colin High, Resource Systems Group, Inc.
-
Emission Reductions from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in California Air Districts (PDF)(20 pp, 797 K,
June 14, 2011)
Jeremy Fisher, Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.
- Clean Energy, Air, Health, and Related Economic Impacts - Assessing the Many Benefits of State and Local Clean Energy Initiatives (PDF)(4 pp, 421 K, June 2011)
- Transcript - Quantifying the Emission Impacts of Clean Energy Initiatives (PDF)(31 pp, 180 K, June 14, 2011)