Function | Module |
Baseline analysis | Energy sectors: AEO/NEMS (US DOE/EIA); Non-energy sectors: CCS modified EPA national inventory for agriculture, forestry, waste management, fossil fuel industries, and industrial process emissions; CCS forecast for each non-energy sector |
Microeconomic and direct energy, resource and environmental impacts | Customized analysis of policy options for each sector (agriculture, forestry, waste management, heat, power, residential, commercial, industrial, transportation and land use) using standard principles and guidelines for impact analysis, and including as needed MARKAL/TIMES for the energy sector, and CCS expert spreadsheet analysis for specific policy options in both energy and non-energy sectors |
National energy security and systems impacts | MARKAL/TIMES |
Investment needs | MARKAL/TIMES, CCS Macroeconomic Screening Tool, and REMI Policy Insight Plus |
Investment options | CCS Macroeconomic Screening Tool and REMI Policy Insight Plus, CCS financing expertise |
Macroeconomic screening and policy option design | CCS Macroeconomic Screening Tool, CCS sector based expertise |
Macroeconomic impacts | REMI Policy Insight Plus |
Sectoral and small business distributional impacts | REMI Policy Insight Plus, CCS small business tool |
Personal income distribution | REMI Policy Insight Plus; Multi-sector income distribution matrix |
Multi-attribute screening | Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) using CCS policy options matrix and benchmarking |
Health module (air, water quality) | MARKAL/TIMES |