GETTING STARTED WITH EPS

The document is a quick start guide for the Energy Policy Simulator (EPS), a tool developed by Energy Innovation to help users model state-level energy systems and climate policies. Using Louisiana as an example, it explains how to access the simulator, apply specific policies such as a Clean Electricity Standard or Building Component Electrification, and analyze results through CO2e emission graphs and wedge diagrams. It also describes how to use pre-designed scenarios, including the NDC Scenario and the Federal Policy Repeal and Rollback scenario, to test different decarbonization pathways.

• The Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) allows users to model state energy systems by applying various policies to determine the most cost-effective and beneficial combinations for reducing carbon emissions, utilizing 1.7 million equations for each year of calculation.
• The simulator provides a range of output metrics beyond total CO2e emissions, including health impacts, financial data, and sector-specific results for industry, transportation, buildings, and electricity.
• Users can customize the implementation schedules of policies to account for the slow turnover of equipment; for example, accelerating building heating electrification to 2035 can shift emissions more effectively than a 2050 target.
• The tool includes pre-configured scenarios for comparison, such as the NDC Scenario for ambitious decarbonization and a Federal Policy Repeal and Rollback scenario that aligns with the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and proposed EPA rule repeals.

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Energy Innovation (2025). GETTING STARTED WITH EPS. https://energyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/Getting-Started-with-EPS.pdf

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BibTeX

@techreport{energyinnovation2025getting, author = {{Energy Innovation}}, title = {{GETTING STARTED WITH EPS}}, institution = {Energy Innovation}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://energyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/Getting-Started-with-EPS.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }