Emissions Trading Feasibility Study Background Analytical Tool

Environment Canada and the U.S. EPA developed jointly an analytical tool to understand the results of NOx and SO₂ caps and cross-border trading. Because of the importance of using a tool for the feasibility study that already incorporates the U.S. electricity sector and the trading within it, a Canadian electricity sector module for the Integrated Planning Model (IPM¹) has been developed to enable joint Canada-U.S. modelling using IPM. The Canadian IPM model Base Case assumptions, inputs, and outputs are provided in detail below.

For more information on the analyses performed using the IPM to analyze projected emissions and costs of environmental policies on the U.S. electric power sector , please consult the U.S. EPA Clean Air Markets website.

Canadian IPM Base Case 2004 Model Inputs

• Canadian IPM Base Case Technical Documentation Report
  Details about the Canadian module developed for the IPM model are contained in the following report entitled "Report of the Development of a Canadian Electricity Module for the Integrated Planning Model®", Final Report - May 2005.

Canadian Module Unit List
The Canadian Module Unit List is a fundamental modelling input to the Canadian IPM Base Case 2004. It is an inventory of all currently operating (or existing) electric generating units (EGUs) and planned-committed units and their relevant characteristics.

• Canadian Module Unit List (.xls; 476 KB)

Canadian IPM Base Case 2004 Model Results

• Canadian IPM Base Case 2004 System Summary Files
  These files contain national and provincial summary results from the Canadian IPM Base Case 2004 for the run years 2007 to 2020. The national file contains a summary page of existing regulations and caps modelled in the Canadian IPM Base 2004 entitled "Emissions Constraints Modelled".
• National (.xls; 90.5 KB)
  
• Provincial (.xls; 550 KB)
  
• Canadian IPM Base Case 2004 Parsed Files
  A parsed file provides select model results for each fossil-fired (coal, oil, or gas) Canadian electric generating unit (EGU). Parsed files are a key and necessary ingredient to air quality modelling of IPM output. Please note that the parsed files are based on an earlier version of the Canadian IPM Base Case 2004 where certain updated modelling inputs were not reflected. These updates include: The Grand Lake plant in New Brunswick was not included in the inventory of Canadian electric generating units; the Tracy plant in Quebec burned natural gas instead of heavy fuel oil; the Holyrood plant in Newfoundland burned a low sulphur oil instead of heavy fuel oil; the capital charge rate associated with a unit repowering reflected the capital charge rate of a retrofit (lower rate) instead of the capital charge rate of a new combined cycle unit.

Explanation of Units of Measurement

Unit of Measurment	Description
KW	Kilowatt = 1000 Watts
MW	Megawatt = 1000 Kilowatts
GW	Gigawatt = One Billion Watts
KWh	Kilowatt hour = 1000 Watt hours
MWh	Megawatt hour = 1000 Kilowatt hours
GWh	Gigawatt hour = One Billion Watt hours
TWh	Terrawatt hours = One Billion Kilowatt hours (1000 GWh)
1000 GWh	1000 Gigawatt hours = 1 TWh
Btu	British Thermal Unit, a standard unit of heat energy.
MMBtu	Millions of British Thermal Units
TBtu	Trillions of British Thermal Units
lb/MMBtu	Pounds per Million British Thermal Units
BBtu/Day	Billions of British Thermal Units per Day
Ton	Short Ton = 0.9 Metric Tonne
MTons	Thousands of Short Tons
MMTons	Millions of Short Tons
Tons/Day	Short Tons per Day
Tonne	Metric Tonne = 1000 Kilograms = 1.1 Short tons
KT	Kilotonnes = 1000 Metric Tonnes
US$	United States Dollars $
MMUS$	Millions of US Dollars
US$/MMBtu	Cost in US$ per Million British Thermal Units
US$/Ton	Cost in US$ per Short Ton
1 Mill	A mill is one tenth of $0.01 (one cent).