Energy Affordability

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.

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.

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

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Hoen, Ben, Eric Brunner, and David Schwegman. "Uplifting winds: The surprisingly positive community-wide impact of wind energy installations on property values." Energy Research & Social Science 127 (2025) 104331.

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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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Panagopoulos, Athanasios Aris, Filippos Christianos, Michail Katsigiannis, Konstantinos Mykoniatis, Georgios Chalkiadakis, Marco Pritoni, Therese Peffer, Orestis P Panagopoulos, Emmanouil S Rigas, David Culler, Nicholas R Jennings, and Timothy E Lipman. "iPlugie: Intelligent electric vehicle charging in buildings with grid-connected intermittent energy resources." Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 115 (2022) 102439.

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Yozwiak, Madeline, Galen L Barbose, Sanya Carley, Sydney Forrester, David M Konisky, Trevor Memmott, Cristina Crespo Montañés, and Eric O’Shaughnessy. "The effect of residential solar on energy insecurity among low- to moderate-income households." Nature Energy (2025).

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

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.

Hanus, Nichole L, Sydney Forrester, Evan Cappers, and Natalie Mims Frick. Database of Current State of U.S. Energy Equity Regulation and Legislation. 2024.

Forrester, Sydney, Galen L Barbose, Eric O’Shaughnessy, and Naïm R Darghouth. Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: 2024 Update. 2024.

Leventis, Greg, Sydney Forrester, and Bentham Paulos. Income Verification Strategies for Income-Based Solar Programs. 2024.

McAdams, Jasmine, and Nichole L Hanus. Establishing and Maintaining Engagement for a Distributional Equity Analysis. 2024.

Gilbert, Ben, Ben Hoen, and Hannah Gagarin. "Distributional Equity in the Employment and Wage Impacts of Energy Transitions." Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 11 (2024).

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Enterline, Shawn, Andrew Valainis, and Ben Hoen. Laws in Order: An Inventory of State Renewable Energy Siting Policies. 2024.

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Forrester, Sydney, Cristina Crespo Montañés, Eric O’Shaughnessy, and Galen L Barbose. "Modeling the potential effects of rooftop solar on household energy burden in the United States." Nature Communications 15 (2024).

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O’Shaughnessy, Eric, Galen L Barbose, Sudha Kannan, and Jenny Sumner. "Evaluating community solar as a measure to promote equitable clean energy access." Nature Energy (2024).

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Yang, Haozhe, Qian Luo, Gang He, Jiang Lin, Jeremiah X Johnson, Fernando Garcia-Menendez, Olivier Deschenes, Ana Mileva, and Ranjit Deshmukh. "Regional disparities in health and employment outcomes of China’s transition to a low-carbon electricity system." Environmental Research: Energy 1 (2024).

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Rand, Joseph, Karl Hoesch, Sarah Mills, Ben Hoen, Robi Nilson, Doug Bessette, and Jake White. Perceptions of Large-Scale Solar Project Neighbors: Results From a National Survey. 2024.

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Homer, Juliet, Rebecca Tapio, Jasmine McAdams, Natalie Mims Frick, Nichole L Hanus, and Sydney Forrester. U.S. Department of Energy-National Lab Equity Summit: Grid Planning and Operations. 2024.