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Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing scientific challenges across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.
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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 resilience are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Electricity Markets & Policy

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems

Publications by Division

Building Technology (BTUS)

Energy Analysis (EAEI)

Energy Storage (ESDR)

2025

Ball-Burack, Ari, Ruixiao Sun, Stephen Stack, Shiqi Ou, Ranjan Bose, and Hung-Chia Yang."Assessing the behavioral realism of energy system models in light of the consumer adoption literature."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 211 (2025).

Baik, Sunhee, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Galen L Barbose, Will Gorman, Cesca Miller, and Michael Spears."The power reliability event simulator tool (PRESTO): A novel approach to distribution system reliability analysis and applications."International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 164 (2025) 110442. DOI

Murphy, Sean, Natalie Mims Frick, and Andrew Satchwell."Energy Innovator Fellows Training: Building Electrification." (2025).

Hoesch, Karl, Sarah Mills, Joseph Rand, Robi Nilson, Douglas L Bessette, Jacob White, and Ben Hoen."What to expect when you're expecting engagement: Delivering procedural justice in large-scale solar energy deployment."Energy Research & Social Science 120 (2025). DOI

Park, Won Young, Yong Hyun Song, Nikit Abhyankar, Hee Seung Moon, Umed Paliwal, Eunsung Kim, Nina Khanna, Sanghyun Hong, James Hyungkwan Kim, Kenji Shiraishi, Jiang Lin, Seung Wan Kim, and Amol A Phadke."A clean energy Korea by 2035: Transitioning to 80% carbon-free electricity generation."Cell Reports Sustainability (2025). DOI

Forrester, Sydney, and Eric O'Shaughnessy."A Review of Value of Solar Studies In Theory and In Practice." (2025).

Murphy, Sean, Lisa C Schwartz, Guillermo Pereira, and Cody Davis."Bridging the Gap on Data and Analysis for Distribution System Planning: Information That Utilities Can Provide Regulators, State Energy Offices and Other Stakeholders." (2025).

Collins, Myles T, Matia Whiting, Josh A Schellenberg, and Lisa C Schwartz."Bridging the Gap on Data, Metrics, and Analyses for Grid Resilience to Weather Events: Information that utilities can provide regulators, state energy offices, and other stakeholders." (2025).

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).

Szum, Carolyn, Mohamed Firas Jemal, Ezzedine Khalfallah, and Stephane de la Rue du Can."Clean Energy Revolving Loan Funds: International Experience." (2025).

Hledik, Ryan, Sanem Sergici, Sai Shetty, and Peter Cappers."Deliberate Design: Creating Electricity Rates with Purpose." (2025).

McDonnell, Matt, Ron Nelson, and Natalie Mims Frick."DER Integration Framework: Regulatory Innovation for Distributed Energy Resources Compensation and Cost Allocation." (2025).

Kahn-Lang, Jenya, Yuqi Zhu, Karen Palmer, and Peter Cappers."Different Prices for Difference Slices: A Meta-analysis of Time-based Electricity Rates."TBD (2025).

De Martini, Paul, Lisa C Schwartz, and Jason Ball."Economic Evaluation of Modernization Expenditures for Electric Utility Distribution Systems: A Guide for Utility Regulators." (2025).

Satchwell, Andrew, Natalie Mims Frick, Peter Cappers, Sanem Sergici, Ryan Hledik, Goksin Kavlak, and Glenda Oskar."Electricity Rate Designs for Large Loads: Evolving Practices and Opportunities." (2025).

Frick, Natalie Mims, and Jasmine McAdams."Energy Innovator Fellows Training: Considering Equity and Engaging Stakeholders." (2025).

Baik, Sunhee, Kathryn Chelminski, Shankar Earni, and Elizabeth Stuart."Evaluating GHG Mitigation Potential from ESPC Projects." (2025).

Schellenberg, Josh A, and Natalie Mims Frick."Moving Beyond Direct Load Control: A Maturity Model for Realizing the Promise of Demand Flexibility." (2025).

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

Frick, Natalie Mims, Angela Long, Grace Relf, and Anthony Sandonato."Reimagining Energy Efficiency Resource Standards." (2025).

Satchwell, Andrew, Elaine Hale, Christina E Simeone, and Samanvitha Murthy."Research Needs and New Capabilities for Retail Electricity Rate Analysis." (2025).

Hledik, Ryan, Adam Bigelow, Kala Viswanathan, Sydney Forrester, and Natalie Mims Frick."State regulator opportunities to advance distributed energy resources aggregations in wholesale markets." (2025).

Pereira, Guillermo, Jeff Deason, and Anthony Sandonato."Unlocking load growth at the grid edge: Practices for managing, recovering, and allocating distribution system investments." (2025).

Long, Angela, Ryan Long, and Natalie Mims Frick."Virtual Power Plants: Insights, Profiles and Inventory." (2025).

Neill, Evan, Arthur Mallet Dias, and Stephen Meyers."Energy and economic impacts of U.S. federal energy and water conservation standards adopted from 1987 through 2024." (2025).