EPA's Power Sector Modeling in Support of the Notice of Data Availability – Preliminary Interstate Ozone Transport Modeling Data for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS
On December 29, 2016, EPA released the Notice of Data Availability – Preliminary Interstate Ozone Transport Modeling Data for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS, including EPA's power sector analysis for 2023 using IPM v.5.16.
Supplemental Documentation
For the power-sector analysis of the Notice of Data Availability – Preliminary Interstate Ozone Transport Modeling Data for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS, the EPA revised several modeling assumptions in the v.5.16 platform incremental to the IPM v.5.15 Base Case. To learn more about these changes, see the EPA Base Case v.5.16 for 2015 Ozone NAAQS Transport NODA Using IPM Incremental Documentation.
This supplemental documentation complements the full-fledged modeling documentation available at EPA's Power Sector Modeling Platform v.5.13.
Part of the updates to the v.5.16 Base Case was an updated National Electric Energy Data System (NEEDS).
- NEEDS v.5.16(1 pg, 3 MB)
- NEEDS user guide
IPM Run Files
Download IPM run files for the Notice of Data Availability – Preliminary Interstate Ozone Transport Modeling Data for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS using the links in the table below. Click on the IPM run name in the first column of the table below to download a file. The files are posted in one of two formats, a zipped archive or an excel spreadsheet, and contain the following:
| IPM Run Name | IPM Run Description |
|---|---|
| EPA Base Case v.5.16 for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS (1 pg, 119 MB) | Base case model run, including the national Title IV SO2 cap and trade program; Mercury and Air Toxics Rule (MATS); the Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule; Clean Power Plan; and settlements and state rules through June 2016 impacting SO2, NOx, directly emitted PM, and CO2. |
- Guide to detailed IPM input and output files (i.e., .DAT, System Summary Support, .RPE, and RPT files)