Analytical Resources

Electric Vehicle Tools

Electric Bus Planning Framework

MJB&A has developed an analytical framework to assess capital and operating requirements for transit bus fleet electrification. The framework can be used to develop a tailored analysis specific to any agency, which accounts for the unique aspects of its operations, including existing fleet and route characteristics, service levels, and local electricity tariffs.

Contact: Dana Lowell

Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Planning Tools

These GIS-based tools can be used to visualize and evaluate existing and planned public direct current fast charging (DCFC) infrastructure along key electric vehicle corridors across 13 states: the 12-state Transportation and Climate Initiative region (Virginia to Maine, including D.C.) and North Carolina. The tools allow the user to weight input metrics based on regional- or state-level priorities and generate rankings of key locations that reflect the relative suitability of each location for DCFC infrastructure development.

Contact: Grace Van Horn

Electric Vehicle Cost-Benefit Framework

The EV-CB Framework is a spreadsheet-based tool for projecting the societal costs and benefits of electric vehicle penetration scenarios and charging patterns (e.g., off-peak). The framework projects: (1) vehicle purchase, fuel and maintenance costs; (2) electric utility rate impacts; (3) electric distribution infrastructure costs; and (4) greenhouse gas emissions. The framework has been used to support both state- and utility service territory-level assessments of costs and benefits.

Contact: Dana Lowell

Carbon Tools

STEP - STate Emission Pathways Tool

The STEP tool is an excel-based application designed to evaluate alternative pathways to achieving economy-wide GHG reduction goals and future clean energy targets. The tool is highly customizable, includes a wide range of built-in policy interventions, and allows users to easily alter major drivers of energy-related carbon emissions. The STEP tool is designed to analyze user inputs and display results in real-time through a variety of charts and graphs.

Contact: Amlan Saha

Carbon Market Proceeds Estimator

The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) Carbon Market Proceeds Estimator is an Excel-based application designed to evaluate possible outcomes of various carbon allowance prices assuming implementation of a transportation cap-and-invest program. The Estimator reflects a range of illustrative scenarios that the TCI states could adopt beginning in 2022, as contemplated by the TCI's draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) released in December 2019.

Contact: Grace Van Horn

Gas Company Climate Planning Tool

The Gas Company Climate Planning tool is an Excel-based application designed to assist local distribution companies and stakeholders evaluate the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of delivered natural gas and alternative energy sources under different supply- and demand-side scenarios. The tool utilizes data publicly reported by gas companies, provides highly customizable inputs throughout the gas life cycle, and displays results in real-time as analysis parameters, assumptions, and strategies are changed.

Contact: Luke Hellgren