[LDES-coremodel] [LDES] updates on RPS and carbon cap tasks

[Julia Szinai]

Hi team,
I went through the current RPS policies state-by-state and updated the
percentages for the SWITCH baseline input files. I made some
simplifications because some states have different criteria for applying
the RPS (by number of customers, utility type, load size, etc.) which don't
correspond neatly with our load zone boundaries, but since it's really the
carbon cap that is the binding constraint, these simplifications shouldn't
matter.

I wrote up the policies and SWITCH implementation here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YZwKxv8_WFYBBP5WauEnpXcCGrrn31Jy-kdYEY1xo5o/edit>,
and have attached the CSV of the data I added to the db. I also added the
new carbon cap scenario to the db (WECC cap: 80% of 1990 levels by 2050,
subtracting the carbon cap of CA each year, and CA cap: 0% carbon by 2045).

One of the next things on my to-do list was to update the renewable costs
to include the PTC extension. Kenji, could you please send the update cost
time series when you get a chance?

I'm also meeting with Paty early next week to work on figuring out the
solar candidate capacity discrepancy.

Best,
Julia
-- 
*Julia Szinai*
PhD Candidate | Energy & Resources Group | University of California,
Berkeley
Graduate Student Researcher | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
NSF InFEWS Fellow
Energy & Resources Group, MS '17
Goldman School of Public Policy, MPP '17
University of California, Berkeley
jszinai at berkeley.edu
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