Latest model version covering all indicators and BEA 2017

[Georgina5764]

Hi,
Would it be possible to know what is the latest model version, and specs yml file to use so the results & matrices can be obtained for GHGs and non GHGs indicators, is it USEEIO v2.0.1-411 (& associated yml file) ? Should this version be run with the latest useeior package release v1.7.0; and can the model run using 2017 BEA IO tables rather than 2012 in the specs.
Thanks in advance

[bl-young]

Hi - at this point we have not published a USEEIO model with non-GHG indicators using the 2017 BEA IO tables.

We attempt to keep up with all version of useeio models in this file here: https://github.com/USEPA/USEEIO/blob/master/models.md.
Read about the schema here: https://github.com/USEPA/USEEIO/blob/master/versioning/VersioningScheme.md

You can see that with the increasing number and combination of potential indicators, we've shifted to a descriptor to tag individual models. For example, USEEIOv2.4-oriole-22 and USEEIO v2.3-GHG-22 (now renamed USEEIOv2.3-kinglet-22) are both national models that use GHG data from 2022 (they differ in their source of Import Emission Factors). See also the latest version of the supply chain factors: https://github.com/USEPA/supply-chain-factors/blob/main/model-specs/USEEIOv2.2.22-GHG.yml

To your question, yes you should be able to modify the existing USEEIO v2.0.1-411 config to use a 2017 IO schema, with the caveat that the Waste Sector disaggregation is not available yet for the 2017 schema. Note that most of the satellite tables are using an older NAICS schema (2012), which is fine, useeior will attempt to map them to the new schema.

[Georgina5764]

Hi great thank you for the response, a few further questions:

• Looking in the table: https://github.com/USEPA/USEEIO/blob/master/models.md, for "USEEIO v2.0.1-411 | 2.0.1 | 2016 | tanager", could you confirm 2016 refer to the year of the key input data i.e. GHGs ? Or does it refer to something else?
• Why was the USEEIOv2.0.1-411.yml yml file in latest version useeior 1.7.0 not updated in the GHG section for the latest GHG satellite table data ? Could we manually update the specs in that file with the latest GHG specs in : USEEIOv2.3-GHG.yml, including data year 2022 ?

[bl-young]

Looking in the table: https://github.com/USEPA/USEEIO/blob/master/models.md, for "USEEIO v2.0.1-411 | 2.0.1 | 2016 | tanager", could you confirm 2016 refer to the year of the key input data i.e. GHGs ? Or does it refer to something else?

There is a second table down below that provides more details - in this case the economic data is 2012, while the GHGs are 2016. Also the model spec file itself is the best place to look ultimately.

Why was the USEEIOv2.0.1-411.yml yml file in latest version useeior 1.7.0 not updated in the GHG section for the latest GHG satellite table data ? Could we manually update the specs in that file with the latest GHG specs in : USEEIOv2.3-GHG.yml, including data year 2022 ?

We don't go back and "update" model specs - they are fixed. But rather create new model specs that reflect new combinations. Yes, you could manually make that change.

[Georgina5764]

Great thank you for all the responses !