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About JEDI Natural Gas Model

The JEDI Natural Gas model allows users to estimate economic development impacts from natural gas power generation projects. The natural gas model relies on a similar set of standard user inputs that are common to the other power generation JEDI models. A few supplemental inputs specific to natural gas include:

  • Capacity Factor
  • Heat Rate
  • Fuel Costs
  • Natural Gas Produced Locally (Percent)*

While reasonable "default" values are provided, individual projects may vary and project specific data should be used to obtain the best estimate of economic development impacts.

* This parameter is the percentage of natural used within the power plant that is procured from wells located in the region being analyzed (e.g., the same state).

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