Client Overview
Environment
Environment Canada’s Current Analysis and Modeling Division
uses the energy-economy modeling tool ENERGY 2020 to provide analysis and
policy advice on the climate change and clean air issues. The model is used to analyze policy options
and scenarios related to climate change.
ENERGY 2020 provides information on the impact of environmental policies
in all sectors and regions of the economy in
SSI is using ENERGY 2020 to assist the California ARB simulate and evaluate the effects of multi-sector market-based compliance mechanisms designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California. California ARB is committed to using ENERGY 2020 for analysis of the Assembly Bill 32 Scoping Plan.
Western Climate
Initiative (WCI)
ENERGY 2020 is being used to model the impacts of more than
30 different scenarios of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions on WCI partners. The WCI partners include
Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA)
SSI is working with BPA to model near-term and long-term portfolio options available along with their potential impacts on wholesale power rates and various associated market, fuel and reliability risks associated with meeting legal requirements to serve load. SSI is analyzing the available portfolio options and quantified the risk with these portfolios.
Hawaii Department of
Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT)
Through the use of ENERGY 2020, SSI assisted Hawaii DBEDT fulfill its legislative mandate under Hawaii’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction law (Act 234) by simulating Hawaii greenhouse gas emissions, identifying and recommending emission reduction measures, identifying, evaluating and developing cost-benefit analysis models.
National Energy Board
(
SSI is using ENERGY 2020 to produce an energy demand
and supply and emissions forecast for