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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: Energy Econ. 2016;60:460–468. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.06.009

Table 2.

Scenario names and descriptions.

Natural gas resource levels
REF Reference case
HR High natural gas resource
LR Low natural gas resource
 
Technology performance standard (TPS)
TPS TPS with reference natural gas resource
TPS_HR TPS with high natural gas resource
TPS_LR TPS with low natural gas resource
 
TPS including upstream emissions
1% TPS2 TPS2 with reference NG resource at 1% upstream methane emissions
2% TPS2 TPS2 with reference NG resource at 2.3% upstream methane emissions
4% TPS2 TPS2 with reference NG resource at 4% upstream methane emissions
7% TPS2 TPS2 with reference NG resource at 7% upstream methane emissions
1% TPS2_HR TPS2 with high NG resource at 1% upstream methane emissions
2% TPS2_HR TPS2 with high NG resource at 2.3% upstream methane emissions
4% TPS2_HR TPS2 with high NG resource at 4% upstream methane emissions
7% TPS2_HR TPS2 with high NG resource at 7% upstream methane emissions
1% TPS2_LR TPS2 with low NG resource at 1% upstream methane emissions
2% TPS2_LR TPS2 with low NG resource at 2.3% upstream methane emissions
4% TPS2_LR TPS2 with low NG resource at 4% upstream methane emissions
7% TPS2_LR TPS2 with low NG resource at 7% upstream methane emissions
 
Renewable portfolio standard (RPS) reduction
1% HR_TPS2_LoRNW TPS2 with high natural gas resource and reduced RPS at 1% upstream methane emissions
2% HR_TPS2_LoRNW TPS2 with high natural gas resource and reduced RPS at 2.3% upstream methane emissions
4% HR_TPS2_LoRNW TPS2 with high natural gas resource and reduced RPS at 4% upstream methane emissions
7% HR_TPS2_LoRNW TPS2 with high natural gas resource and reduced RPS at 7% upstream methane emissions