 The forest bioenergy carbon accounting model, for BIOCAM 1.0, was developed to analyze factors that influence the carbon intensity of wood pellet-based electricity, using a common set of assumptions and the same system boundary. The study shows that widely differing assessments of the carbon intensity of wood pellet-based electricity depend on various forest management perspectives, baselines, feedstocks, forest management practices, and analysis duration. The results suggest that the two perspectives of forest management converge in their assessment of the positive carbon effects of various feedstock types used to manufacture wood pellets relative to a no-harvest baseline, and that the use of whole trees for wood pellets results in net carbon savings after a break-even period of about three years relative to a no-harvest scenario. The study's results can guide future policy deliberations on the use of wood pellets as a renewable energy source worldwide. This article was authored by Puneet Dvivedi, M. Connor, and Madison Fuller.