Moreover, these benefits would tend to accrue in the near term, while any benefits from reduced climate change mostly accrue over a time frame of several decades or longer.
Primary emphasis is placed on reduced pollutants from the electricity sector.
These changes are fed through an atmospheric transport and health model to predict changes in health status, and to characterize these changes in monetary terms. Additional savings accrue from reduced investment in SO2 abatement in order to comply with the SO2 emission cap due to the shift away from coal for electricity generation under a carbon tax.