Bulk Power System Planning, Procurement and Market Processes

Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, Dev Millstein, and Joachim Seel. Grid Value and Cost of Utility-Scale Wind and Solar: Potential Implications for Consumer Electricity Bills. 2024.

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Carvallo, Juan Pablo, and Lisa C Schwartz. "The use of price-based demand response as a resource in electricity system planning." 2023.

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Frick, Natalie Mims, Allison Campbell, Brittany Tarufelli, Elaine Hale, Aven Satre-Meloy, Christine A Holland, and Ashok Sekar. "Developing Forecasts: Basics & Best Practices." 2023.

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Relf, Grace, Joy Wang, Fredrich Kahrl, Paul De Martini, Caitlyn Edmundson, Rob Peterson, Sean Morash, Brad Borum, Tim Woolf, Jennifer Yoshimura, Sarah Hall, Tera Dornfeld, Josh L Bode, Megan Gilman, Robert Peterson, Lisa C Schwartz, James Lester, and Nick Sayen. "PUC Peer-Sharing Webinars on Integrated Distribution System Planning." 2023.

Agenda

February 27 – Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness of Grid Modernization Investments

March 20 - Forecasting Loads and Distributed Energy Resources

April 10 - Reviewing Utility Distribution Plans: Kick-off presentation

April 10 - Reviewing Utility Distribution Plans: Michigan PSC

April 10 - Reviewing Utility Distribution Plans: Indiana URC

May 1 - Advancing Equity Considerations in Distribution System Planning

May 22 - Non-Wires Alternatives: Kick-off presentation

May 22 - Non-Wires Alternatives: Colorado PUC

May 22 - Non-Wires Alternatives: California PUC

June 12 - Developing Requirements for Utility Distribution Plans

Millstein, Dev, Ryan H Wiser, Seongeun Jeong, and Julie Mulvaney Kemp. "The Latest Market Data Show that the Potential Savings of New Electric Transmission was Higher Last Year than at Any Point in the Last Decade." 2023.

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Gerke, Brian F, Sarah Josephine Smith, Samanvitha Murthy, Aditya Khandekar, Cong Zhang, Sunhee Baik, Shreya Agarwal, Jingjing Liu, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Peter Alstone. Overview of Phase 4 of the California Demand Response Potential Study. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2022.

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Satchwell, Andrew, Brady Cowiestoll, Elaine Hale, Brian F Gerke, Paige Jadun, Cong Zhang, and Samanvitha Murthy. Assessing the Interactive Impacts of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response on Power System Costs and Emissions. 2022.

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Millstein, Dev, Ryan H Wiser, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, James Hyungkwan Kim, and Amos Ancell. Empirical Estimates of Transmission Value using Locational Marginal Prices. 2022.

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Langevin, Jared, Aven Satre-Meloy, Andrew Satchwell, Ryan Hledik, Julia Olszewski, Kate Peters, and Handi Chandra-Putra. "Demand-side solutions in the U.S. building sector could achieve deep emissions reductions and avoid over $100 billion in power sector costs." One Earth 6.8 (2023) 1005–2031.

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Satchwell, Andrew, Ryan Hledik, Oleksandr Kuzura, Oluwatobi Adekanye, and Chioke B Harris. Valuing Residential Energy Efficiency: Analysis for a Prototypical Southeastern Utility. 2022.

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Gerke, Brian F, Cong Zhang, Samanvitha Murthy, Andrew Satchwell, Elaina Present, Henry Horsey, Eric Wilson, Andrew Parker, Andrew Speake, Rajendra Adhikari, and Mary Ann Piette. "Load-driven interactions between energy efficiency and demand response on regional grid scales." Advances in Applied Energy 6 (2022).

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Kahrl, Fredrich, Shruti M Deorah, Lakshmi Alagappan, Paul M Sotkiewicz, and Nikit Abhyankar. Policy and Regulatory Recommendations to Support a Least-Cost Pathway for India’s Power Sector. 2021.

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Seel, Joachim, and Andrew D Mills. Integrating Cambium Marginal Costs into Electric Sector Decisions: Opportunities to Integrate Cambium Marginal Cost Data into Berkeley Lab Analysis and Technical Assistance. 2021.

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Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Edward L Vine, Patrick Blake, Brian Holuj, James Hyungkwan Kim, and Dae Hoon Kim. "Ensuring the climate benefits of the Montreal Protocol: Global governance architecture for cooling efficiency and alternative refrigerants." Energy Research & Social Science Volume 76 (2021).

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Kahrl, Fredrich. All-Source Competitive Solicitations: State and Electric Utility Practices. Ed. Lisa C Schwartz. 2021.

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Eto, Joseph H, and Giulia Gallo. Interregional Transmission Coordination: A review of practices following FERC Order Nos. 890 and 1000. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2019.

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Gerke, Brian F, Cong Zhang, Andrew Satchwell, Samanvitha Murthy, Mary Ann Piette, Elaina Present, Eric Wilson, Andrew Speake, and Rajendra Adhikari. "Modeling the Interaction Between Energy Efficiency and Demand Response on Regional Grid Scales." ACEEE 2020 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. ACEEE, 2020.

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He, Gang, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol A Phadke. "Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system." Nature Communications 11.1 (2020).

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Frick, Natalie Mims, Tom Eckman, Greg Leventis, and Alan H Sanstad. Methods to Incorporate Energy Efficiency in Electricity System Planning and Markets. 2021.

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Barmack, Matthew, Edward P Kahn, Susan Tierney, and Charles A Goldman. "Econometric models of power prices: An approach to market monitoring in the Western US." Utilities Policy 16.4 (2008) 307–320.

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