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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 improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-integrated building systems; 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 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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Publications by Research Area

Demand Response

Energy Markets & Planning

Energy Efficiency

Industrial Energy Analysis

Systems and Energy Technologies Analysis

Publications by Division

Building & Industrial Energy Systems (BIES)

Energy Analysis (EA)

Energy Technologies & Systems (ETS)

2026

Relf, Grace."DOE Energy Innovator Fellows informational webinar: Power System, Regulation, and Market Structure Fundamentals." (2026).

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

Relf, Grace, and Lisa C Schwartz."Allocating Distribution System Upgrade Costs for Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection: Practical Lessons and Innovations." (2026).

Relf, Grace, and Kathryn Chelminksi."DOE Fellows informational webinar: Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection." (2026).

2025

Ritzinger, Brian, Kate Tohme, Arthur O'Donnell, Ron Nelson, Grace Relf, Kathryn Chelminski, and Lisa C Schwartz."Promoting Economic Efficiency in Interconnection–Part 2: Cost Allocation." (2025).

Relf, Grace."DER Interconnection – Performance Incentive Mechanisms." (2025).

Relf, Grace, Matia Whiting, Lisa C Schwartz, and Evan Cappers."Regulatory Sandboxes and Other Processes to Expedite Utility Adoption of Advanced Grid Technologies." (2025).

Relf, Grace, and Kathryn Chelminski."DOE Energy Innovator Fellows on Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection." (2025).

Davis, Cody, Natalie Mims Frick, Chris Lawrie, Grace Relf, Nancy Ryan, Andrew Satchwell, and Lisa C Schwartz."Denver Training for States on Integrated Distribution System Planning: Planning for Load Growth and Local Resources." (2025).

Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Chris Lawrie, Cody Davis, Grace Relf, Andrew Satchwell, and Nancy Ryan."Training for States on Integrated Distribution System Planning: Planning for Load Growth and Local Resources." (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).

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

2024

Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Margot Everett, Chris Lawrie, Cody Davis, Nancy Ryan, Andrew Satchwell, and Grace Relf."Integrated Distribution System Planning 2.0: Planning for Electrification and Distributed Energy Resources." (2024).

Shipley, Jessica, Jay Barlow, and Grace Relf."Review of Literature and Utility Commission Proceedings Relevant to Integrated System Planning: Annotated Bibliography Prepared to Support the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission." (2024).

Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Sean Murphy, Guillermo Pereira, Grace Relf, Jessica Shipley, and Josh A Schellenberg."State Requirements for Electric Distribution System Planning." (2024).

Relf, Grace, Peter Cappers, Ronny Sandoval, and Myles T Collins."Clean Energy Innovator Fellows Training: Electricity Regulation Basics." (2024).

2023

Relf, Grace, Joy Wang, Fredrich Kahrl, Paul De Martini, Caitlyn Edmundson, Rob Peterson, Sean Morash, Brad Borum, Tim Woolf, Jennifer Yoshimura, Sarah Hall, Tera Dornfeld, Josh L Bode, Megan Gilman, Robert Peterson, Lisa C Schwartz, James Lester, and Nick Sayen."PUC Peer-Sharing Webinars on Integrated Distribution System Planning." (2023).