Abstract
Electricity generation emission factors (EGEF) quantify the relationship between amount of pollutant emitted and amount of electricity generated. Quantifying variability among calculated EGEFs is important when EGEFs are used for decision-making. Variabilities in EGEF on an annual basis due to variability in the amount of coal, natural gas, and petroleum emissions within the fuel mix are quantified for California, Texas, and New York in 2017. The results show a higher coefficient of variation for SO2 and NOx compared to CO2 EGEF. Changes in the EGEF over time are studied using decomposition analysis for California, Texas, and New York from 1990 to 2017. The results show that the main factor in reducing EGEF in California is the improving generation efficiency of power plants; in Texas, it is the increasing ratio of renewable to non-renewable electricity generation; and in New York, it is the changing mix of fossil fuels that are consumed for electricity generation. The effect of variability in EGEF on environmental impact categories is analyzed. Eutrophication of air, eutrophication of water, and smog formation are subject to high uncertainty because SO2 and NOx EGEFs are used to quantify these impacts, whereas global warming potential has less uncertainty because it only uses CO2 EGEF.
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