Long-Distance Transmission & the Spatial Redistribution of Pollution Concentrations

We examine how the electricity transmission system redistributes environmental impacts across space. We exploit electricity system congestion episodes to explore the changes on ambient concentrations of criteria pollutants in four electricity markets in eastern United States. Electricity system congestion increases ozone and PM2.5 concentrations in New England and New York and decreases in the western portions of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland electricity market. Presented by Erik P. Johnson from Carthage College.