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Locational Marginal Emission RatesDecarbonization
About Locational Marginal Emission Rates
TCR staff are thought leaders in decarbonization strategies for a new era. We have pioneered the use of a carbon accounting methodology based on Locational Marginal Emission Rates and have applied it to develop decarbonization strategies for a range of electricity industry stakeholders, including large electricity consumers and state agencies.
Tracking, reporting and, ultimately, reducing carbon emissions is becoming an increasingly important goal for many stakeholders in the electricity industry. Attributing carbon emissions accurately is complicated in interconnected power systems like those operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), where load in one state may be served by generation located in another state. In an interconnected power system, an incremental injection (generation) or withdrawal (demand) of electricity at a given node with result in a systemwide change in economic dispatch and, therefore, in carbon emissions. This change in systemwide emissions in response to a marginal increase or decrease in demand at a given node is called the Locational Marginal Emission Rate. Locational Marginal Emission Rates provide a mathematically sound way to allocate carbon emissions to individual loads, generators, and constrained transmission facilities within an interconnected power system and can be used to develop decarbonization strategies that target emissions rather than megawatt-hours. |
