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title: Modeling of Electric Energy Policymaking
description: Explore the complexities shaping the future of the U.S. electric industry, including economic deregulation, environmental impacts, and nuclear waste storage challenges.
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# [Modeling of Electric Energy Policymaking](https://canes.mit.edu/media/modeling-of-electric-energy-policymaking)

 Written by [MIT CANES](https://canes.mit.edu/media/author/mit-canes) | Sep 20, 2024 5:07:23 PM

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

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