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Long-run Marginal Emission Rates for Electricity - Workbooks for 2022 Cambium Data

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These workbooks contain modeled estimates of long-run marginal emission rates (LRMER) for the contiguous United States. A LRMER is an estimate of the rate of emissions that would be either induced or avoided by a change in electric demand, taking into account how the change could influence both the operation as well as the structure of the grid (i.e., the building and retiring of capital assets, such as generators and transmission lines). It is therefore distinct from the more-commonly-known short-run marginal, which treat grid assets as fixed. Long-run marginal emissions rates are generally appropriate to use when trying to comprehensively estimate the impact of a long-lived (i.e., more than several years) intervention.

There are two workbooks that supply the data at two different geographic resolutions: states and GEA regions (20 regions that are similar to, but not exactly the same as, the US EPA's eGRID regions).

For more data underlying these emissions factors, see the Cambium 2022 project at https://scenarioviewer.nrel.gov/. For more details on input assumptions and methodology see the associated report (Cambium 2022 Scenario Descriptions and Documentation, https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/84916.pdf).

This data is planned to be updated annually. Information on the latest versions can be found at https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/cambium.html.

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Grid Planning and Analysis Center. (2023). Long-run Marginal Emission Rates for Electricity - Workbooks for 2022 Cambium Data [data set]. Retrieved from 8b6d1637-e99e-4d99-beff-240e444ea14b.
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Gagnon, , Cowiestoll, , and Schwarz, . Long-run Marginal Emission Rates for Electricity - Workbooks for 2022 Cambium Data. United States: N.p., 15 Jan, 2023. Web. 8b6d1637-e99e-4d99-beff-240e444ea14b.
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Gagnon, , Cowiestoll, , and Schwarz, . 2023. "Long-run Marginal Emission Rates for Electricity - Workbooks for 2022 Cambium Data". United States. 8b6d1637-e99e-4d99-beff-240e444ea14b.
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There are two workbooks that supply the data at two different geographic resolutions: states and GEA regions (20 regions that are similar to, but not exactly the same as, the US EPA's eGRID regions).

For more data underlying these emissions factors, see the Cambium 2022 project at https://scenarioviewer.nrel.gov/. For more details on input assumptions and methodology see the associated report (Cambium 2022 Scenario Descriptions and Documentation, https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/84916.pdf).

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Data from Jan 15, 2023

Last updated Dec 18, 2024

Submitted Jan 15, 2023

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Grid Planning and Analysis Center

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Pieter Gagnon

Authors

Gagnon

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Cowiestoll

Grid Planning and Analysis Center

Schwarz

Grid Planning and Analysis Center

DOE Project Details

Project Name Cambium

Project Number 2.4.0.1

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