Description
The State of California has made great strides in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through mandated, rate-payer funded Investor Owned Utility (IOU) electricity Demand Side Management (DSM) programs. This study quantifies the amount of reduced GHG emissions in Arizona that result from DSM in that state, as well as the DSM reductions within Southern California Edison (SCE), Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E;), and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E;) during the 2010 through 2012 California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) DSM program cycle. To accomplish this quantification, it develops a model to allocated GHG emissions based on "operating margin" resources requirements specific to each utility in order to effectively track, monitor, and quantify avoided emissions from grid-based utility resources. The developed model estimates that during the 2010-2012 program cycle, 5,327.12 metric tons (MT) of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) in GHG reductions (or 1.8 percent of total reductions) can be attributed to reduced demand from Arizona--based resources by California IOUs. By focusing on the spatial context of GHG emission reductions, this study models and quantifies the spill-over effect of California's regulatory environment into neighboring states.
Details
Title
- Modeling reductions in greenhouse gases in Arizona resulting from California Demand Side Management programs
Contributors
- Landry, Bryan (Author)
- Pasqualetti, Martin J. (Thesis advisor)
- Pijawka, K. David (Committee member)
- Hirt, Paul (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2013
Subjects
- Geography
- avoided emissions
- California electric utilities
- demand side management
- electric deregulation
- Greenhouse gases
- Greenhouse gas mitigation--Arizona--Mathematical models.
- Greenhouse gas mitigation
- Greenhouse gas mitigation--California--Mathematical models.
- Greenhouse gas mitigation
- Electric utilities--California.
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Note
- thesisPartial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2013
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 107-119)
- Field of study: Geography
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Statement of Responsibility
by Bryan Landry