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The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and increasing reliability are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by techno-economic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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2011

Cappers, Peter, Andrew D Mills, Charles A Goldman, Ryan H Wiser, and Joseph H Eto."Mass Market Demand Response and Variable Generation Integration Issues: A Scoping Study." (2011) 76.

Lutz, James D, and Energy Analysis Department."Water and Energy Wasted During Residential Shower Events: Findings from a Pilot Field Study of Hot Water Distribution Systems." (2011) 18.

Deshmukh, Ranjit, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Ashwin Gambhir, and Amol A Phadke."Analysis of International Policies In The Solar Electricity Sector: Lessons for India." (2011).

Carnall, Michael, Larry L Dale, and Alexander B Lekov."Effect of Energy Efficiency Standards on Natural Gas Prices." (2011) 37.

Hoffman, Ron, Roger Levy, and Karen Herter."Technical Options to Address Cyber Security, Interoperability and Other Issues with ZigBee SEP." (2011).

Lutz, James D, Renaldi Renaldi, Alexander B Lekov, Yining Qin, and Moya Melody."Hot Water Draw Patterns in Single-Family Houses: Findings from Field Studies." (2011) 26.

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, and Charles A Goldman."Carrots and Sticks: A Comprehensive Business Model for the Successful Achievement of Energy Efficiency Resource Standards."ECEEE Summer Study, Giens, France, June 6-11, 2011 (2011) 24.

Mills, Andrew D, Amol A Phadke, and Ryan H Wiser."Exploration of resource and transmission expansion decisions in the Western Renewable Energy Zone initiative."Energy Policy 39.3 (2011) 1732 - 1745. DOI

Saxena, Samveg, Jyh-Yuan Chen, and Robert W Dibble."Increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of sparkplug ion sensors through addition of a potassium acetate fuel additive."Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 33.2 (2011) 3081-3088. DOI

Greenblatt, Jeffery B."Room Illuminance Measurements During TV Viewing: Pilot Study." (2011).

2010

Cappers, Peter, Andrew Satchwell, Charles A Goldman, and Jeff Schlegel."Benefits and Costs of Aggressive Energy Efficiency Programs and the Impacts of Alternative Sources of Funding: Case Study of Massachusetts."ACEEE Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA, Aug. 15-20, 2010 (2010) 22.

Sullivan, Michael J, Matthew G Mercurio, Josh A Schellenberg, and Joseph H Eto."How to Estimate the Value of Service Reliability Improvements."IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (2010) 5. DOI

Blum, Helcio, and Jayant A Sathaye."Quantitative Analysis of the Principal-Agent Problem in Commercial Buildings in the U.S.: Focus on Central Space Heating and Cooling." (2010) 20.

Lutz, James D."FEMP Designated Product Assessment for Commercial Gas Water Heaters." (2010) 8.

Goldman, Charles A, Michael Reid, Roger Levy, and Alison Silverstein."Coordination of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response." (2010) 74.

2009

Eto, Joseph H."National Electric Transmission Congestion Study (2009)." (2009).

Budhraja, Vikram S, John Ballance, Jim Dyer, Fred Mobasheri, and Joseph H Eto."Transmission Benefit Quantification, Cost Allocation and Cost Recovery."Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program (2009) 216.

Dale, Larry L, Camille Antinori, Michael A McNeil, James E McMahon, and K Sydny Fujita."Retrospective Evaluation of Appliance Price Trends."Energy Policy 37.2 (2009) 597-605. DOI

Lekov, Alexander B, Victor H Franco, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, James E McMahon, and Peter T Chan."Economics of Residential Gas Furnaces and Water Heaters in United States New Construction Market." (2009).

Cappers, Peter, and Charles A Goldman."Empirical Assessment of Shareholder Incentive Mechanisms Designs under Aggressive Savings Goals: Case Study of a Kansas “Super-Utility”." (2009) 15.

Sullivan, Michael J, Matthew G Mercurio, and Josh A Schellenberg."Estimated Value of Service Reliability for Electric Utility Customers in the United States." (2009) 130.

Orans, Ren, Mike King, Chi-Keung Woo, and William R Morrow III."Inclining for the Climate: GHG Reduction via Residential Electricity Ratemaking."Public Utilities Fortnightly 147.5 (2009) 40-45.

Cappers, Peter, Charles A Goldman, Michele Chait, George Edgar, Jeff Schlegel, and Wayne Shirley."Financial Analysis of Incentive Mechanisms to Promote Energy Efficiency: Case Study of a Prototypical Southwest Utility." (2009) 83.

Budhraja, Vikram S, Fred Mobasheri, John Ballance, Jim Dyer, Alison Silverstein, and Joseph H Eto."Improving Electricity Resource-Planning Processes by Considering the Strategic Benefits of Transmission."The Electricity Journal 22.2 (2009). DOI

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Grayson C Heffner, and Charles A Goldman."Retail Demand Response in Southwest Power Pool." (2009) 33.