Energy Markets and Planning Department

Collins, Myles T, and Josh A Schellenberg. "Grid Resilience Planning for Wildfires: Western Region Training for Public Utility Commissions and State Energy Offices." 2025.

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Welcome Slides

Grid Resilience Framework

Components of Resilience Planning for Wildfires

Bridging the Gap on Data, Metrics, and Analyses for Grid Resilience to Weather Events

State Wildfire Resilience Planning, OR

State Wildfire Resilience Planning, CO

State Wildfire Resilience Planning, WA

State Wildfire Resilience Planning, CA

Utility Wildfire Resilience Plans and Projects Panel, PGE

Utility Wildfire Resilience Plans and Projects, NV Energy

Utility Wildfire Resilience Plans and Projects, SRP

Pereira, Guillermo, Jeff Deason, and Anthony Sandonato. Unlocking load growth at the grid edge: Practices for managing, recovering, and allocating distribution system investments. 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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Forrester, Sydney, and Eric O’Shaughnessy. A Review of Value of Solar Studies In Theory and In Practice. 2025.

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

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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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Baik, Sunhee, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Galen L Barbose, Will Gorman, Cesca Miller, and Michael Spears. "The power reliability event simulator tool (PRESTO): A novel approach to distribution system reliability analysis and applications." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 164 (2025) 110442.

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Murphy, Sean, Natalie Mims Frick, and Andrew Satchwell. "Distribution Planning for Load Growth: Buildings." 2025.

Distribution Planning for Load Growth: Buildings PDF

Incorporating building load growth into long-term electricity load forecasts PDF

McDonnell, Matt, Ron Nelson, and Natalie Mims Frick. Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Integration Framework: Regulatory Innovation for DER Compensation and Cost Allocation. 2025.

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Baik, Sunhee, Kathryn Chelminski, Shankar Earni, and Elizabeth Stuart. Evaluating GHG Mitigation Potential from ESPC Projects. 2025.

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Gorman, Will, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, Ryan H Wiser, Nick Manderlink, Fredrich Kahrl, Kevin Porter, and Will Cotton. "Grid connection barriers to renewable energy deployment in the United States." Joule (2024) 101791.

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Sandler, Simon, Bentham Paulos, and Jenna Harmon. Community Solar Consolidated Billing: An Exploration of Implementation and Alternatives. 2024.

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Schellenberg, Josh A, and Natalie Mims Frick. Moving Beyond Direct Load Control: A Maturity Model for Realizing the Promise of Demand Flexibility. 2025.

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Frick, Natalie Mims, Angela Long, Grace Relf, and Anthony Sandonato. Reimagining Energy Efficiency Resource Standards. 2025.

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Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Grace Relf, Ted Light, Josh A Schellenberg, and Alan H Sanstad. Clean Air as a Bonus for Achieving Energy-Related State Goals: A Review of Policies and Programs in 15 States. 2025.

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Long, Angela, Ryan Long, and Natalie Mims Frick. Virtual Power Plants: Insights, Profiles and Inventory. 2025.

Insights into Scaling VPPs PDF

VPP Profiles and Inventory PDF

Insights into Scaling VPPs: Appendices PDF

VPP Inventory v1 XLSX

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Forrester, Sydney, Ryan Hledik, Adam Bigelow, Natalie Mims Frick, and Kala Viswanathan. State regulatory opportunities to advance distributed energy resource aggregations in wholesale markets. 2025.

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Hoesch, Karl, Sarah Mills, Joseph Rand, Robi Nilson, Douglas L Bessette, Jacob White, and Ben Hoen. "What to expect when you’re expecting engagement: Delivering procedural justice in large-scale solar energy deployment." Energy Research & Social Science 120 (2025).

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Satchwell, Andrew, Elaine Hale, Christina E Simeone, and Samanvitha Murthy. Research Needs and New Capabilities for Retail Electricity Rate Analysis. 2025.

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