Linear Programming Model for County-Level Electric Facility Siting

摘要

A mathematical programming approach to the disaggregation of regional electric-sector energy scenarios is developed, with particular emphasis on integration with the Brookhaven Regional Energy System Optimization model that defines the regional generation mix, and the Brookhaven atmospheric transport models that allow computation of air quality given emissions at the county level. The model sites generation and transmission facilities by county, in such a way as to satisfy exogenously specified generation constraints at the power pool level. Land use, water resources, and air pollution constraints, as well as cost penalties for various cooling and air-pollution control modes, are included. The objective function can be specified either in terms of costs, or in terms of minimizing emissions subject to fiscal constraints. The model is particularly suited to the evaluation of siting strategy trade-offs, and as a component of integrated environmental-economic analysis of energy-planning options. (ERA citation 03:040676)