Data and Code for: Emissions, Transmission, and the Environmental Value of Renewable Energy

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Harrison Fell, North Carolina State University; Daniel Kaffine, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin Novan, University of California-Davis

Version:  View help for Version V1

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ERCOT_Final.dta application/x-stata 274.3 MB 06/12/2020 12:28:PM
ERCOT_Final_Code.do text/x-stata-syntax 70.3 KB 06/29/2020 01:02:PM
ERCOT_MISO_CONGEST_MONTHLY.dta application/x-stata 19.4 KB 06/11/2020 01:05:PM
ERCOT_MISO_Wind_fig1.m text/x-objcsrc 60.1 KB 06/11/2020 01:04:PM
Figure4.nb text/plain 82.8 KB 06/11/2020 01:04:PM
MD_per_Fossil_fig2.m text/x-matlab 5.7 KB 06/11/2020 01:04:PM
MISO_Final_Code.do text/x-stata-syntax 52.5 KB 06/29/2020 01:02:PM
MISO_Final_short.dta application/x-stata 22.5 MB 05/18/2020 07:10:PM
MISO_Weather_Variables.dta application/x-stata 1.8 GB 05/18/2020 03:16:PM
Mean_Congest_Figure3.do text/x-stata-syntax 576 bytes 06/11/2020 01:05:PM

Project Citation: 

Fell, Harrison, Kaffine, Daniel, and Novan, Kevin. Data and Code for: Emissions, Transmission, and the Environmental Value of Renewable Energy. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-04-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E119513V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We examine how transmission congestion alters the environmental benefits provided by renewable generation. Using hourly data from the Texas and Mid-Continent electricity markets, we find that relaxing transmission constraints between the wind-rich areas and the demand centers of the respective markets conservatively increases the non-market value of wind by 30% for Texas and 17% for Mid-Continent markets. Much of this increase in the non-market value arises from a redistribution in where air quality improvements occur - when transmission is not constrained, wind offsets much more pollution from fossil fuel units located near highly populated demand centers.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms transmission; renewable energy; emissions; environmental value
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
      L94 Electric Utilities
      Q42 Alternative Energy Sources
      Q48 Energy: Government Policy
      Q53 Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage ERCOT (Texas) and MISO (Upper Midwest) electricity independent system operator territories of the United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2011 – 12/31/2015
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data


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