Modeling of Electric Energy Policymaking

Report Date: March 2002
Appendices: No

Abstract

The future of the electric industry in the United States is complicated by several factors including the possibility of economic deregulation; uncertainty about the environmental impacts of greenhouse gases; and uncertainty about the opening of The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage repository. The resolution of these issues will likely have a greater impact on future electric energy costs than the availability of fuels or improved generation technologies. The purpose of this report is to present a model of the energy policymaking process that permits the quantitative representation of the social/political system and how future policies might influence energy costs, and thereby the electric energy generation mix.

Program:     NSP Nuclear Systems Enhanced Performance

Type:     TR 

RPT. No.: 9