IPM Peer Reviews
Response and Peer Review Report EPA Reference Case Version 6 Using IPM
In September 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency commissioned a peer review of the EPA’s v6 Reference Case using the Integrated Planning Model (IPM). Industrial Economics Inc., an independent contractor, facilitated the peer review of the EPA Version 6 Reference Case in compliance with EPA’s Peer Review Handbook (U.S. EPA, 2006) and produced a report from that peer review. The panel focused on the latest available Reference Case version and its documentation at that time (May 2019 Reference Case). EPA also prepared a detailed response to the peer review report.
Response and Peer Review Report EPA Base Case Version 5.13 Using IPM
In October 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency commissioned a peer review of the EPA Base Case version 5.13 using the Integrated Planning Model. RTI International, an independent contractor, facilitated the peer review of the EPA Base Case v.5.13 in compliance with EPA’s Peer Review Handbook (U.S. EPA, 2006) and produced a report from that peer review. EPA also prepared a detailed response to the peer review report.
Chapter 1 of IPM Documentation Chapter 1: Introduction (pdf) includes Section 1.2, titled "Review and Ongoing Improvement of the Integrated Planning Model" where we keep a brief historical account of all updates and peer review processes starting from the 1990's.