Issue 7 — Air Quality Association & Confounder Control

[JocelynJIANG-12]

Objective
Examine the relationship between electricity consumption and air quality indicators while accounting for confounding variables.

Acceptance Criteria

• [ ] Selection and justification of air quality indicators.
• [ ] Inclusion of weather controls.
• [ ] Regression-based estimation of association between load (or net load) and air quality.
• [ ] Explicit limitation statement distinguishing correlation from causation.
• [ ] At least one robustness variation (e.g., lag structure or alternative pollutant).