High Electricity Demand in the Northeast U.S.: PJM Reliability Network and Peaking Unit Impacts on Air Quality

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 8375-8384

  Farkas, Caroline M ^a   Moeller, Michael D ^a   Felder, Frank A ^b   Henderson, Barron H ^c   Carlton, Annmarie G ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; RELIABILITY;

AIR QUALITY PLANNING; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; PJM INTERCONNECTION; POTENTIAL POPULATION; REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION; RELIABILITY NETWORKS;

POWER QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEAT WAVE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; BULLOCK; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEAT; HUMAN; MODEL; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ELECTRICITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84982740758     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01697     Document Type: Article

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