Energy Planning and Procurement

Bistline, John, Nikit Abhyankar, Geoffrey Blanford, Leon Clarke, Rachel Fakhry, Haewon McJeon, John Reilly, Christopher Roney, Tom Wilson, Mei Yuan, and Alicia Zhao. "Actions for reducing US emissions at least 50% by 2030." Science 376.6596 (2022) 922–924.

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Khandekar, Aditya, Shruti M Deorah, and Nikit Abhyankar. Feasibility and Impact of Biomass and Renewable Energy Hybrid Systems. 2022.

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Schwartz, Lisa C. "Integrated distribution planning overview." 2022.

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Karali, Nihan, Nikit Abhyankar, and Shruti M Deorah. Electricity demand in South Asia – data gaps and pathways for research and modeling. 2022.

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Liu, Zhu, Zhu Deng, Gang He, Hailin Wang, Xiang Zhang, Jiang Lin, Ye Qi, and Xi Liang. "Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China." Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3 (2021) 141–155.

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Schwartz, Lisa C. "Energy System Planning for a Modern Electric Grid." 2020.

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Zhou, Nan, Hongyou Lu, Nina Khanna, Xu Liu, David Fridley, Lynn K Price, Wei Feng, Jiang Lin, Carolyn Szum, and Chao Ding. China Energy Outlook: Understanding China’s Energy and Emissions Trends. 2020.

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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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Abhyankar, Nikit, Shruti M Deorah, and Amol A Phadke. Least-Cost Pathway for India’s Power System Investments through 2030. 2021.

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Kahrl, Fredrich, Jiang Lin, Xu Liu, and Junfeng Hu. "Sunsetting coal power in China." iScience 24.9 (2021) 102939.

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Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, and Amol A Phadke. Illustrative Strategies for the United States to Achieve 50% Emissions Reduction by 2030. 2021.

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Dalton, Patrick, Mary Ann Piette, Paul De Martini, Fritz Kahrl, Jeremy Twitchell, and Andrew D Mills. "Western States Training Webinars on Integrated Distribution System Planning." 2021.

Announcement and Trainer Bios

Integration, Management, and Control of Supply-Side DER

Demand Flexibility Technology, New Programs and Emerging Policies

Grid Modernization and Resilience Planning

Grid Modernization Investment Economics

Planning for Energy Storage

Storage for Integration and Hybrid Power Plants

Agenda for Western States Roundtable: Policy and Regulatory Issues for Utility Investments in Grid Modernization

Woolf, Tim, Ben Havumaki, Divita Bhandari, Melissa Whited, and Lisa C Schwartz. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Utility-Facing Grid Modernization Investments: Trends, Challenges, and Considerations. 2021.

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Schneider, Kevin, Emma Stuart, Patrick Dalton, Rois Langner, Jeffrey Taft, Paul De Martini, Debra Lew, Fritz Kahrl, Lisa C Schwartz, Juliet Homer, Cesca Miller, Matt Leach, Natalie Mims Frick, Jeremy Twitchell, Andrew D Mills, Doug Black, Jason S MacDonald, and Michael Kintner-Meyer. "Integrated Distribution System Planning training for the Midwest/MISO region." 2020.

IDSP Training Agenda

Bios Midwest Distribution Training

Distribution System Infographic

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Distribution Components, Systems and Operations: Part 1

Distribution Components, Systems and Operations: Part 2

Integration, Management and Control of Distributed Energy Resources

Transmission/Distribution Operational Coordination

Industrial Control System (ICS) – Communications, Sensors and Cybersecurity 101

Integrated Distribution System Planning Components

Emerging Distribution Planning Analyses

Integrated Distribution Resilience Planning

Grid Modernization Planning and Investment Economics

Distribution planning regulatory practices

Impacts of DERs on net loads and approaches for actively managing

Demand Flexibility as a Utility System Resource

Planning for energy storage and microgrids

Planning for Electric Vehicles and Strategies for Managing Charging

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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He, Gang, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol A Phadke. Rapid cost decrease of renewable energy and storage offers an opportunity to accelerate the decarbonization of China’s power system. 2020.

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Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Xu Liu, and Froylan Sifuentes. Economic and environmental benefits of market-based power-system reform in China: provincial versus regional grid optimization. 2019.

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Schwartz, Lisa C. "Distribution Planning Regulatory Practices in Other States." 2020.

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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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