Peter Cappers

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2026

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Peter Cappers, Will Gorman, Sean Murphy, Lisa C Schwartz, Natalie Mims Frick, Guillermo Pereira, Arthur Mallet Dias, Jessalyn Chuang, and Vinita Srinivasan. Electric Utility Distribution Costs: Scoping Study on Trends, Drivers, and Possible Response Strategies. 2026.

Cappers, Peter. "DOE Energy Innovator Fellows informational webinar: Electricity Markets." 2026.

Overview of the Electricity Marketplace: Wholesale Markets

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Will Gorman, Eric O’Shaughnessy, Sydney Forrester, Paul Donohoo-Vallett, Peter Cappers, Jeff Deason, Ryan Hledik, and Long Lam. "Retail Electricity Price Trends and Drivers: Data Update−2026 Edition." 2026.

Ball, Jason, and Peter Cappers. A Community Guide to Regulatory Barriers Affecting Microgrids (Reports 1-3). 2026.

Report No. 1: Foundational Issues Facing Microgrids PDF

Report No. 2: Single Property Microgrids PDF

Report No. 3: Multi-Property Microgrids PDF

Cappers, Peter. "DOE Energy Innovator Fellows informational webinar: Rate Design." 2026.

Utility Ratemaking and Rate Design: Background and Best Practices

Cappers, Peter, Jason Ball, and Sanjana Tadepalli. Block Island’s Energy Roadmap to 2040. 2026.

2025

Wiser, Ryan H, Eric O’Shaughnessy, Galen L Barbose, Peter Cappers, and Will Gorman. "Factors Influencing Recent Trends in Retail Electricity Prices in the United States." The Electricity Journal 38.4 (2025).

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Smith, Sarah Josephine, Marius Stuebs, Samanvitha Murthy, Sunhee Baik, Peter Cappers, Brian F Gerke, Richard E Brown, and Mary Ann Piette. "Potential Impacts of Dynamic Electricity Pricing in California: Load Shape and Customer Bill Impacts Under Elastic Customer Response." 2025.

Schwartz, Lisa C, and Peter Cappers. "USDOE Energy Innovator Fellows Informational Webinar: Resources and Assistance for State Energy Offices and Regulators." 2025.

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Kahn-Lang, Jenya, Yuqi Zhu, Karen Palmer, and Peter Cappers. "Different Prices for Difference Slices: A Meta-analysis of Time-based Electricity Rates." TBD (2025).

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Hledik, Ryan, Sanem Sergici, Sai Shetty, and Peter Cappers. Deliberate Design: Creating Electricity Rates with Purpose. 2025.

Satchwell, Andrew, Natalie Mims Frick, Peter Cappers, Sanem Sergici, Ryan Hledik, Goksin Kavlak, and Glenda Oskar. "Electricity Rate Designs for Large Loads: Evolving Practices and Opportunities." 2025.

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2024

Relf, Grace, Peter Cappers, Ronny Sandoval, and Myles T Collins. "Clean Energy Innovator Fellows Training: Electricity Regulation Basics." 2024.

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Electric Utility Regulation 101

Basics of Cost of Service Ratemaking

Cost Allocation

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Gerke, Brian F, Marius Stübs, Samanvitha Murthy, Aditya Khandekar, Peter Cappers, Richard E Brown, and Mary Ann Piette. Potential bill impacts of dynamic electricity pricing on California utility customers. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2024.

2023

Forrester, Sydney, Cole Triedman, Sam Kozel, Cameron Brooks, and Peter Cappers. Third-Party Aggregation Rulemaking in MISO and SPP Footprints. 2023.

Simeone, Christina E, Pieter Gagnon, Peter Cappers, and Andrew Satchwell. "The Bill Alignment Test: Identifying Trade-Offs With Residential Rate Design Options." Utilities Policy 82 (2023).

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Cappers, Peter, Andrew Satchwell, Cameron Brooks, and Sam Kozel. A Snapshot of EV-Specific Rate Designs Among U.S. Investor-Owned Electric Utilities. 2023.

Hanus, Nichole L, Jay Barlow, Andrew Satchwell, and Peter Cappers. Assessing the Current State of U.S. Energy Equity Regulation and Legislation. 2023.

Satchwell, Andrew, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Peter Cappers, James Milford, and Hadi Eshraghi. Quantifying the Financial Impacts of Electric Vehicles on Utility Ratepayers and Shareholders. 2023.

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2022

Cappers, Peter, and Andrew Satchwell. "EVGrid Assist Webinar: Electric Vehicle Rates and Incentives." 2022.

Basics of Cost of Service Regulation PDF

Electric Vehicle Rate Design Overview PDF

Cappers, Peter, and Andrew Satchwell. "EV Retail Rate Design 101." 2022.

2021

Forrester, Sydney, and Peter Cappers. Opportunities and Challenges to Capturing Distributed Battery Value via Retail Utility Rates and Programs. 2021.

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Cappers, Peter, and Annika Todd-Blick. "Heterogeneity in Own-Price Residential Customer Demand Elasticities for Electricity under Time-of-Use Rates: Evidence from a Randomized-Control Trial in the United States." Utilities Policy (2021).

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Cappers, Peter, Sydney Forrester, and Andrew Satchwell. Disaggregating Future Retail Electricity Rate Growth. 2021.

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