Rate Design, Policy, and Programs

Cappers, Peter, and C Anna Spurlock. A Handbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Successful Electric Utility Pilots. 2020.

Barbose, Galen L, and Andrew Satchwell. "Benefits and costs of a utility-ownership business model for residential rooftop solar photovoltaics." Nature Energy (2020).

Pre-print Article PDF

Webinar Slides PDF

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, Javier Reneses, Will Gorman, and Greg Leventis. Financial Impacts of Net-Metered DPV on a Prototypical Western Utility’s Shareholders and Ratepayers. 2019.

O’Shaughnessy, Eric, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser. "Patience is a virtue: A data-driven analysis of rooftop solar PV permitting timelines in the United States." Energy Policy 144 (2020).

Preprint Journal Article PDF

Darghouth, Naïm R, James McCall, David Keyser, and Alexandra Aznar. Distributed Photovoltaic Economic Impact Analysis in Indonesia. 2020.

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, and Charles A Goldman. "Customer bill impacts of energy efficiency and net-metered photovoltaic system investments." Utilities Policy 50 (2018) 144–152.

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Andrew D Mills. Implications of Rate Design for the Customer-Economics of Behind-the-Meter Storage. 2019.

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, and Galen L Barbose. Current Developments in Retail Rate Design: Implications for Solar and Other Distributed Energy Resources. 2019.

T and D Grid Impacts: Engineering Concepts PDF

Schneider, Kevin, Juliet Homer, and Galen L Barbose. "Utah Public Service Commission Workshop on Distributed-Solar Grid Impacts." 2019.

Agenda PDF

T and D Grid Impacts: Cost-Benefit Analysis PDF

Impacts of Solar-Export Credit Rates on Solar Deployment, Utilities and Customers PDF

Experiences with Solar Export Credit Rates and other Emerging Solar Compensation Schemes PDF

Chaianong, Aksornchan, Athikom Bangviwat, Christoph Menke, and Naïm R Darghouth. "Cost–Benefit Analysis of Rooftop PV Systems on Utilities and Ratepayers in Thailand." Energies 12.12 (2019).

Basic Customer Segmentation Webinar Slides PDF

Cappers, Peter, Annika Todd-Blick, and Greg Leventis. "Uses for Smart Meter Data Webinar Series." 2018.

Advanced Customer Segmentation Webinar Slides PDF

Applications for Existing Rates and Program Webinar Slides PDF

Satchwell, Andrew, and Peter Cappers. Evolving Grid Services, Products, and Market Opportunities for Regulated Electric Utilities. 2018.

Policy Brief PDF

Gagnon, Pieter, Galen L Barbose, Brady Stoll, Ali Ehlen, Jarett Zuboy, Trieu Mai, and Andrew D Mills. Estimating the Value of Improved Distributed Photovoltaic Adoption Forecasts for Utility Resource Planning. 2018.

Ma, Ookie, Nasr Alkadi, Peter Cappers, Paul Denholm, Junqiao Han Dudley, Sasank Goli, Marissa Hummon, Sila Kiliccote, Jason S MacDonald, Nance Matson, Daniel Olsen, Cody Rose, Michael D Sohn, Michael Starke, Brendan J Kirby, and Mark O’Malley. "Demand Response for Ancillary Services." IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid. Vol. 4. 2013.

Thakur, Jagruti, Sebastian Rauner, Naïm R Darghouth, and Basab Chakraborty. "Exploring the impact of increased solar deployment levels on residential electricity bills in India." Renewable Energy 120.May 2018 (2017) 512–523.

Tongsopit, Sopitsuda, Owen R Zinaman, and Naïm R Darghouth. Understanding the Impact of Distributed Photovoltaic Adoption on Utility Revenues and Retail Electricity Tariffs in Thailand. USAID Clean Power Asia, 2017.

Potter, Jennifer, Elizabeth Stuart, and Peter Cappers. Barriers and Opportunities to Broader Adoption of Integrated Demand Side Management at Electric Utilities: A Scoping Study. 2018.

Zinaman, Owen R, Alexandra Aznar, Carl Linvill, Naïm R Darghouth, Timon Dubbeling, and Emanuele Bianco. Grid-Connected Distributed Generation: Compensation Mechanism Basics. 2017.

Gagnon, Pieter, Anand Govindarajan, Lori Bird, Galen L Barbose, Naïm R Darghouth, and Andrew D Mills. Solar + Storage Synergies for Managing Commercial-Customer Demand Charges. 2017.