Publications

Chelminski, Kathryn, Johnny Wong, Lisa C Schwartz, Margaret Pigman, and Katherine Carlson. Interconnection Timelines and Costs for Distributed Energy Projects in the United States (2000-2025). 2026.

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Kahrl, Fredrich, and Natalie Mims Frick. Speed to Power: Solutions for Accelerating Large Load Connections. 2026.

Report PDF

Frick, Natalie Mims, and Vinita Srinivasan. 2026 Large Load Literature Review and Data Sources. 2026.

Large Load Literature Review May 2026

Large Load Data Sources May 2026

Hart, Nora, Ashleigh Papakyriakou, Sonam Shah, Tom Abram, Nathan McKenzie, and Jessica Granderson. A Central Plant Retrofit Assessment Guide for Owners. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 2026.

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Pereira, Guillermo, Paul De Martini, Arthur Mallet Dias, and Lisa C Schwartz. Distribution System Plan Template and Guide for Electric Utilities for Adaptation by States and Utilities. 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.

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Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Anna Cheyette, Will Gorman, Jessalyn Chuang, and Dev Millstein. Identifying Barriers to Solar and Storage Hybrids: Modeled vs. empirical wholesale market value and net-value for co-located solar + storage projects. 2026.

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Aghajanzadeh, Arian, Rory Schmick, Jennifer Stokes-Draut, Bryce Carleton, and Carmen Azzaretti. Technology Catalog for Controlled Environment Agriculture. 2026.

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Rand, Joseph, Anna Cheyette, Chris Talley, Steven Zhang, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Fredrich Kahrl. U.S. Interconnection Queue Data Through 2025: Complete Interconnection Request Dataset and Summarized Data Workbook. 2026.

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Smith, Sarah Josephine, Samanvitha Murthy, Marius Stuebs, Sunhee Baik, Shreya Agarwal, Bruce Nordman, Margaret Taylor, Richard E Brown, Doug Black, and Mary Ann Piette. California Price Response Potential Study. 2026.

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Collins, Myles T, Arthur Mallet Dias, Paul De Martini, and Lisa C Schwartz. Integrating Resilience Planning in Distribution System Planning. 2026.

Rapp, Vi H, Sharon S Chen, Dylan Anacleto-Black, and Noel Putaansuu. Evaluation of a Smoke Opacity Sensor for Improving Residential Wood Heater Combustion. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2026.

Evaluation of a Smoke Opacity Sensor for Improving Residential Wood Heater Combustion

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

Giraldez, Julieta, Sean Morash, Matthew Steffen, and Gregory Mandelman. EV Load Forecasting Guide. 2026.

Less, Brennan, Iain S Walker, and Quinn P Graessle. Defining Power Efficient Residential Electric Appliances and Equipment. Berkeley, Ca: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 2026.

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Relf, Grace, Paul De Martini, Jasmine McAdams, Vinita Srinivasan, and Lisa C Schwartz. Effectively Considering the Distribution System in Integrated Resource Planning. 2026.

Presentation PDF

Seel, Joachim, Nick Manderlink, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter. Generator Interconnection Costs to the Transmission System in non-ISO Balancing Authorities. 2026.

Report PDF

Data File XLSX

Larsen, Peter H, Kyle Carney, Joseph H Eto, George Jiang, Dhawal Joshi, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Ridge Peterson, Christopher Ramee, and Anna-Elise Smith. ICE Calculator 2: Final Report for Phase 1 and 2 of the National Initiative to Update the Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator. 2026.

ICE 2.0 Phase 2 Final Report

ICE Calculator Version 2.0 and 2.2 Comparison

Szum, Carolyn, and Hanna Breunig. Diesel Fuel Consumption in Prominent U.S. Open-Pit Mines: Site-Level Estimates. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2026.

Diesel Fuel Consumption in Prominent U.S. Open-Pit Mines Site-Level Estimates

Relf, Grace, and Lisa C Schwartz. Allocating Distribution System Upgrade Costs for Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection: Practical Lessons and Innovations. 2026.

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

Report PDF

Wigginton, Karle, and Jon Ness. Exploring Electrical Bonding in PV Structural Joints. 2026.

Exploring Electrical Bonding in PV Structural Joints

Ness, Jon, and Gerald Robinson. Fundamentals of Solar PV Bolted Joint Loosening and Prevention. 2026.

Fundamentals of Solar PV Bolted Joint Loosening and Prevention

Frick, Natalie Mims, Angela Long, Ryan Long, and Kathryn Chelminski. Improving Transparency in Electric Distribution System Planning to Support Affordability. 2026.

Report PDF

Appendix: Procedural Information PDF

Shackelford, Jordan. Project Report: School Retrofit Demonstration of Lighting and Outlet Controls with LED Upgrades. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 2026.

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