High Electrification Futures: Impacts to the U.S. Bulk Power System

Caitlin Murphy; Trieu Mai; Yinong Sun; Paige Jadun; Paul Donohoo-Vallett; Matteo Muratori; Ryan Jones; Brent Nelson

doi:10.1016/j.tej.2020.106878

High Electrification Futures: Impacts to the U.S. Bulk Power System

Caitlin Murphy, Trieu Mai, Yinong Sun, Paige Jadun, Paul Donohoo-Vallett, Matteo Muratori, Ryan Jones, Brent Nelson

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Abstract

Electrification of end-use technologies could have important implications for bulk power sector planning, operations, and impacts. By combining previously-defined electrification scenarios with capacity expansion modeling, we evaluate the potential challenges and opportunities associated with electrification. Our scenario analysis reveals that electrification reduces energy consumption and air emissions from across the energy sector, and its impacts on energy system costs are modest due, in part, to the abundance of low-cost resources in the United States.

Original language	American English
Article number	106878
Number of pages	13
Journal	Electricity Journal
Volume	33
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2020.106878 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2020.106878
State	Published - Dec 2020

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Keywords

Electricity costs
Electrification
Emissions
Natural gas
Power system
Renewables

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