Peak Electricity and the Clean Power Plan
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Complex energy modeling is increasingly central to the development of electricity sector regulations, and perhaps increasingly necessary. But environmental agencies need to remain vigilant to avoid vulnerabilities created when models designed for broad energy system projections are repurposed for the design of detailed pollution control policies. All models are false, some are useful, and by implication, some are misused. Looking beyond the current proposal, it is critical that legislators and environmental regulators recognize the limitations of energy models w they employ them to design fut pollution control programs. H ere, we express concern about the way the Environmental Protection Age uses the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) in design of the Clean Power Pla We also suggest strategies for fostering policy integrity throu a period of deep uncertainty in U.S. electricity system. Now, more than at any time in the p century, it appears possible th from both technological and Michael Wara is an Associate Professor of Law and the Justin M. Roach, Jr. Faculty Scholar at Stanford Law School. His research and teaching focuses on environmental and energy law with an emphasis on climate and electricity policy. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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