New York Economy-Wide Regulation Model Design and Build

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) seeks a vendor to design and build an open‑source, modular modeling toolkit that can evaluate carbon‑pricing mechanisms for New York State. The model must simulate cap‑and‑invest programs or carbon fees, endogenously represent key sectors (especially buildings and transportation), and generate a defined set of annual outputs such as allowance prices, emissions by fuel type, revenue allocations, technology stocks, vehicle‑miles‑travel, and cost data. Deliverables include a design report, reference case, validation runs, three scenario analyses, full code hand‑over (hosted on GitHub), and comprehensive documentation. The contract may run up to seven years, with a budget to be detailed by proposers in the attached budget template. Compliance with NYS data‑security, accessibility, and open‑source licensing requirements is mandatory. • Design and build a modular, open‑source carbon‑pricing model (preferably Python) with external data files and unit‑test suite. • Produce baseline reference case and three scenario analyses covering different price‑stability mechanisms. • Deliver full code repository, documentation, and a final technical report adhering to NYSERDA’s reporting guidelines. • Meet a runtime target of ≤ 24 hours per annual simulation and comply with NYS security, SOC 2, and accessibility standards.