Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 changed the regulations for air pollution by replacing a set of mandated actions with a market mechanism for pollution rights, where electric utilities can buy or sell rights to emit sulphur dioxide (SO2). We implemented the provisions related to the reduction in SO2 in the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) to assess their impacts on energy markets. Because of the decentralized design of NEMS, the implementation was quite complex. We had to use Lagrangian relaxation, which turned out to be more difficult than first envisioned, and other techniques to arrive at a consistent equilibrium among the relevant energy sectors. As a result of these difficulties, we revised the NEMS model. This exercise illustrates that often an organization should be ready to take a step back from what exists to take a step forward. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
1998 | 10.1287/inte.28.2.1 | Interfaces |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
clean air act amendments,nems model,pollution right,relevant energy sector,national energy modeling system,lagrangian relaxation,consistent equilibrium,decentralized design,energy market,air pollution,programming,nonlinear,environment | Market mechanism,National Energy Modeling System,Pollution,Clean Air Act,Air pollution,Lagrangian relaxation,Engineering,Nanoelectromechanical systems,Operations management | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
28 | 2 | 0092-2102 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.90 | 0 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanh Luong | 1 | 3 | 0.90 |
| Frederic H. Murphy | 2 | 382 | 92.09 |
| Reginald Sanders | 3 | 10 | 2.15 |
| Susan H. Holte | 4 | 3 | 0.90 |
| Peter Whitman | 5 | 37 | 6.96 |