The Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) models are user-friendly tools that estimate the economic impacts of constructing and operating power generation and biofuel plants at the local and state levels.

The JEDI models cover:

• Wind power,
• Biofuels,
• Concentrating solar power,
• Coal,
• Natural gas power plants.

Based on project-specific and default inputs (derived from industry norms), JEDI estimates the number of jobs and economic impacts to a local area (usually a state) that could reasonably be supported by a power generation project. For example, JEDI estimates the number of in-state construction jobs from a new wind farm.

Key questions addressed:

• Based on the specs of a power generation unit, what are the economic impacts of wind, biofuel, solar, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, geothermal, petroleum, and transmission projects?

Sample data inputs:

• Location of the potential project
• The population of the area in consideration
• The year of construction for the potential project
• The system type
• System size (DC nameplate capacity in kW)
• Base installed system cost ($/kWdc)
• Annual direct O&M cost ($/kW)

Sample quantitative outputs:

• Project construction or installation cost and the associated local spending amount
• Direct O&M costs and associated local spending ammount
• Other annual costs
• Debt payments and property taxes
• Local economic impacts on jobs and earnings

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