Air-polluting emission rates and energy-efficiency ratings vary widely among power plants, depending on location, age and whether the power plant is repowered. Traditional regulations require installation of specified emission control equipment that varies among power plants. These regulations...

Air pollution regulation in industrial cities limits economic growth. Cleaner vehicles can reduce this effect by reducing pollution. The air quality and consequent economic benefits of methanol are assessed. Air pollution is a pervasive by-product of industrial development. Substitution of...

This paper reviews and compares two air quality benefit assessments completed for California's South Coast Air Basin in 1989 and 2008. Specifically, we separate the influence of changes in population and air quality from that of newer health concentration-response relationships and changing...

Discusses the measurement and conceptual difficulties of assessing the benefits of environmental improvements in monetary terms, in the context of a study undertaken to evaluate the health‐related benefits of improved air quality in a large, diverse urban population. Describes an...

Supply planning by electric utilities is fraught with uncertainty. An essential tool for the evaluation of the riskiness of alternative supply plans is a financial simulation model. Sophisticated models of investor-owned utilities have been employed by both regulatory bodies and utilities....