Integrated Planning Model (IPM)

ICF's Integrated Planning Model (IPM^®) provides true integration of wholesale power, system reliability, environmental constraints, 燃料的选择, 传输, capacity expansion, and all key operational elements of generators on the power grid in a linear optimization framework. The model captures a detailed representation of every electric boiler and generator in the power market being modeled.

ICF has models of both the North American and Europe power markets. Uses for IPM include:

• Valuation studies for generation and 传输 assets
• Forecasting of regional forward energy and capacity prices
• Air emissions compliance strategies and pollution allowances
• Portfolio optimization strategies
• Impact assessments of alternate environmental regulatory standards
• Impact assessments of changes in fuel pricing
• Economic or electricity demand growth analysis
• Evaluation of the potential construction options to determine the optimal mix of new builds or 传输 additions
• Assessment of power plant retirement decisions
• Determination of optimal timing decisions for environmental compliance decisions
• Combined heat and power (CHP) analysis
• Pricing impact of demand responsiveness
• Determination of probability and cost of lost or unserved load
• IPM also helps fuel our new platform for decarbonization and energy planning and analysis, CoSight.

The fundamental logic behind the model determines the least-cost means of meeting electric generation energy and capacity requirements while complying with specified constraints, including air pollution regulations, 传输 constraints, and plant-specific operational constraints.

The versatility of IPM allows users to specify which constraints to exercise and populate IPM with their own datasets.

Our Integrated Planning Model is used by

Versions of IPM have been used to support the U.S. 环境al Protection Agency's (EPA) analyses of utility air emissions，而在 Federal 能源 Regulatory Commission (FERC) benefit-cost analysis of regional 传输 organizations (RTO). Other organizations currently using the model include The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Reports that refer to IPM

The Integrated Planning Model is a versatile tool that is used extensively by U.S. federal government agencies and other organizations. Some of the reports that mention it are:

• Estimation of the cost savings benefits of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) 由联邦能源管理委员会
• Integrated Planning Model Overview 由RGGI
• Power Sector Modeling 101 美国.S. Department of 能源
• Integrated Planning Model: What it is, who uses it, how it works, what it can show you 由环境保护署