ampd_plant_emissions.py

This module generates facility-level power plant emissions using data from Air Markets Program Data (AMPD), if possible. If there are problems with the AMPD, then emissions are calculated using emissions factors from the Environmental Protection Agency AP-42. The emissions from this module are meant to serve as a replacement for the emissions provided by eGRID (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and nitrous oxide) with the goal of being more transparent about the process to choose the source of emissions and to use the actual measured data when possible.

The module contains a single function ampd_plant_emissions.generate_plant_emissions which will dowload the data as necessary, perform all calculations and comparisons, and return a dataframe that is ready to be concactenated with the rest of the facility-level emissions.