Efficiency & Load Flexibility

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.

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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LeBel, Mark, Ronny Sandoval, Natalie Mims Frick, and Jeff Deason. Opportunities for Integrating Electric and Gas Planning. 2025.

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Forrester, Sydney, Andrew Satchwell, Galen L Barbose, Evan Cappers, Cesca Miller, and Andrew Alberg. Retail Electricity Price and Cost Trends: 2024 Update. 2024.

Hledik, Ryan, Akhilesh Ramakrishnan, Serena Patel, and Andrew Satchwell. Distributed Energy, Utility Scale: 30 Proven Strategies to Increase VPP Enrollment. 2024.

Morash, Sean. Grid Planning for Building Electrification. 2024.

Pereira, Guillermo, Cynthia Regnier, Lazlo Paul, Marco Pritoni, and Cecilia Johnson. "Bringing demand flexibility to market: Insight on emerging business models from U.S. projects." 2024.

ACEEE 2024 Summer Study Poster PDF

Davis, Cody, and Lisa C Schwartz. "Sizing Electric Service Panels and Utility Infrastructure for Residential Electrification and Distributed Energy Resources Adoption." 2024.

Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Cesca Miller, Phillip White, Juan Pablo Carvallo, and Sunhee Baik. "Evaluating the potential for solar-plus-storage backup power in the United States as homes integrate efficient, flexible, and electrified energy technologies." Energy 304 (2024).

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Li, Rongling, Andrew Satchwell, Donal Finn, Toke Haunstrup Christensen, Michael Kummert, Jérôme Le Dréau, Rui Amaral Lopes, Henrick Madsen, Jaume Salom, Gregor P Henze, and Kim Wittchen. "Ten Questions Concerning Energy Flexibility In Buildings." Building and Environment 223 (2022).

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Pitkin, Jeff, Jeff Deason, and Greg Leventis. "Leveraging State Clean Water Revolving Funds to Expand Clean Energy Financing." 2024.

Parmenter, Kelly, Greg Leventis, and Jeff Deason. "Designing and Executing Measurement and Verification Standards for C-PACE Programs: Lessons Learned from Leading C-PACE Programs." 2024.

Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A Phadke. "India’s path towards energy independence and a clean future: Harnessing India’s renewable edge for cost-effective energy independence by 2047." The Electricity Journal 36.5 (2023).

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Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Cesca Miller, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Sunhee Baik, and Philip White. Solar+Storage for Household Back-up Power: Implications of building efficiency, load flexibility, and electrification for backup during long-duration power interruptions. 2023.

Nelson, Ron, Bradley Cebulko, Thomas Van Hentenryck, Erin Mettler, and Natalie Mims Frick. A Framework for Non-Pipeline Alternatives Analysis and Review of Existing Approaches. 2023.

Non-Pipeline Alternatives to Natural Gas Utility Infrastructure: An Examination of Existing Regulatory Approaches PDF

Non-Pipeline Alternatives: A Regulatory Framework and a Case Study of Colorado PDF

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ACEEE Summer Study NPA PDF

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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Ball, Jason, Sydney Forrester, Alexandra Grayson, and Andrew Satchwell. Electric Vehicle Program Designs and Strategies to Enhance Equitable Deployment. 2023.

Frick, Natalie Mims. "Considering the time and locational value of efficiency in electricity planning." 2023.

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Baik, Sunhee, Galen L Barbose, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Cesca Miller, Will Gorman, and Michael Spears. "Backup Power Performance of Solar-plus-Storage Systems during Routine Power Interruptions: A Case Study Application of Berkeley Lab’s PRESTO Model." 2023.

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Pereira, Guillermo, Lisa C Schwartz, and Natalie Mims Frick. "Using Energy Efficiency to Help Meet Distribution System Capacity Needs." 2023.

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