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Explore REMI’s policy research library of more than 310 studies across energy, transportation, tax and fiscal policy, labor, and more. Authored by federal and state agencies, research institutes, universities, and consultants who use the REMI modeling suite.

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  • Energy and EnvironmentIowa||IA2013

    A Comprehensive Financial and Economic Assessment of Future Iowa Baseload Generation in a Carbon-Constrained Environment

    This assessment prepared by NERA Economic Consulting for the MidAmerican Energy Company using the REMI PI+ model to evaluate the Iowa macroeconomic impacts for the nuclear SMR and natural gas combined cycle deployment options. The deployment of nuclear and natural gas generation has fundamental differences in the alloc…

  • Labor and WorkforceTexas||TX2013

    The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations: Report and Recommendations to the 83rd Texas Legislature

    The status of the state of Texas’s Veteran Affairs and Military Installations was analyzed in this study in order to make significant recommendations for improvements using the REMI model to identify and quantify the contributions of numerous military bases to the state economy. Researchers evaluated Texas for a variet…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingCalifornia||CA2012

    Accelerating Southern California’s Economic Recovery

    SCAG used the REMI TranSight model to analyze the results of fast forwarding California’s Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy by 5 years, shortening the end date and greatly increasing the immediate work load to be accomplished upon the plan’s commencement. This project acceleration would resu…

  • Consulting & AdvisingDistrict of Columbia||DC2012

    The Macroeconomic Impact of LNG Exports: Integrating the GPCM® Natural Gas Model and the PI+® Regional Model

    This study was an integrated effort between RBAC and REMI to display how incorporating two complimentary modeling tools can create a more complete comprehension of the topic being analyzed. The REMI PI+ and RBAC GPCM models were combined to examine the macroeconomic impact of liquefied natural gas exports as an example…

  • TransportationDistrict of Columbia||DC2012

    Better Use of Public Dollars: Economic Impact Analysis in Transportation Decision Making

    Transit systems, airports, canal systems, transcontinental railroads, and interstate highways all exist because the government made investments with the expectation that transportation improvements would deliver extensive social and economic benefits in return. This report analyzed case studies from four transportation…

  • TransportationDistrict of Columbia||DC2012

    Assessment of Tax Revenue Generated by the Automotive Sector

    The Center for Automotive Research wanted a better understanding of the total financial contribution of the United States’ largest manufacturing industry to state and federal tax revenues and, to achieve a greater understanding, they employed a dynamic, inter-industry model developed by REMI. In 2010, the estimates fou…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingFlorida||FL2012

    Economic Impact Analysis of the Proposed Lloyd Crossing Mixed Use Development – Phase 1

    The Apalachee Regional Planning Council used the REMI model to perform a requested economic analysis of the proposed sports development and associated commercial developments to be located in the southwest corner of the Interstate 10 and State Road 59 intersection in Lloyd, Florida. The REMI model predicted a 5-6% addi…

  • TransportationVermont||VT2012

    Economic Impact of Bicycling and Walking in Vermont

    The REMI economic impact model was used for a one year “snapshot” study of the total economic and environmental benefit of bicycle and pedestrian facilities and activities, including tourism, environmental, improved air quality and reduced greenhouse gas emissions, real estate values, health, reduction in demand on the…

  • Economic Development, Planning, ForecastingMichigan||MI2012

    The Economic and Demographic Outlook for Michigan through 2040

    The REMI model used in this study of Michigan’s economic outlook through the year 2040 was an eighty-four region model that included eighty-two counties, the City of Detroit, and the balance of Wayne County. Researchers chose the REMI model because it is a state-of-the-art model that has thirty years worth of field-tes…

  • Consulting & AdvisingDistrict of Columbia||DC2012

    The Keystone XL Pipeline: REMI Estimates of Economic Impacts from Construction and Operations

    The REMI PI+ macroeconomic model was incorporated for this study and was used against other modeling softwares to try and ascertain the accurate amount of jobs set to be initialized by the Keystone XL pipeline and the economic climate of crude oil surrounding the building of this pipeline. The REMI model resulted in th…

  • Energy and EnvironmentArizona||AZ2012

    Navajo Generating Station and Kayenta Mine: An Economic Impact Study

    The L. William Seidman Research Institute at Arizona State University prepared a report for the Salt River Project and the Navajo Nation that examined the direct, indirect, and induced economic impact of the Navajo Generating Station and Kayenta Mine for the period 2011-2044 at the county and state level using an Arizo…

  • Energy and EnvironmentNew York||NY2012

    Analysis of the Macroeconomic Impacts of the Proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express Project in New York

    London Economics International LLC analyzed the potential economic benefits of the Champlain-Hudson Power Express project, a 333-mile underwater and underground HVDC transmission line that will deliver 1,000 MW of clean, low-cost energy into the New York City market, in terms of the employment and impacts on Gross Dome…

  • TransportationCalifornia||CA2012

    Economic and Job Creation Analysis: SCAG RTP 2012 (Full Report)

    This report forecasted the yearly direct and indirect effects of the Southern California Association of Governments’ Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy out to 2035. The analysis displayed an annual increase of nearly 200,000 jobs across the six-county region as well as a rise in indirect spen…

  • TransportationCalifornia||CA2012

    Economic and Job Creation Analysis: SCAG RTP 2012 (Report)

    This report forecasted the yearly direct and indirect effects of the Southern California Association of Governments’ Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy out to 2035. The analysis displayed an annual increase of nearly 200,000 jobs across the six-county region as well as a rise in indirect spen…

  • Labor and WorkforceVermont||VT2012

    Report to The Vermont Legislature: Potential Effects on Job Dislocation As a Result of the Implementation of The Vermont Health Benefit Exchange and Green Mountain Care

    Kavet, Rockler, and Associates, LLC were subcontracted for this analysis and they relied on the Rockler REMI model to create projection of how the implementation of the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange and Green Mountain Care would impact employment in Vermont. Researchers determined that specific additional analysis wo…