Congestion in the Electricity Transmission System Redistributes Pollution across Long Distances

Erik P. Johnson and Juan Moreno-Cruz

No 8483, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Electricity transmission redistributes environmental impacts across space. We exploit episodes of high electricity transmission system congestion to explore changes in ambient concentrations of air pollutants in the eastern United States. Reducing electricity system congestion decreases ozone and PM2.5 concentrations in New England and New York and increases them in the western portions of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland electricity market and much of the Midwestern states. We quantify the health impacts of changes in environmental pollution induced by a reduction in congestion and find overall health losses in central states such as Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio and health gains in Atlantic.

Keywords: electricity congestion; air quality; electricity transmission; health impacts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q51 Q52 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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