Research Themes +
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 climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations 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 for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
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 battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Publications

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)

2023

Schwartz, Lisa C., Natalie Mims Frick, Julieta Giraldez, Cody Davis, Samir Succar, Ronny Sandoval, Eliza Hotchkiss, Josh A. Schellenberg, Tom Wall, Peter H. Larsen, Nichole L Hanus, and Jane Frantz."Eastern Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience." (2023).

Murphy, Sean, Lisa C. Schwartz, Catherine Reed, Marion Gold, and Kirsten Verclas."State Energy Offices’ Engagement in Electric Distribution Planning to Meet State Policy Goals." (2023).

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, and Lisa C. Schwartz."The use of price-based demand response as a resource in electricity system planning." (2023).

Pereira, Guillermo, Lisa C. Schwartz, and Natalie Mims Frick."Using Energy Efficiency to Help Meet Distribution System Capacity Needs." (2023).

Schwartz, Lisa C., Hanna Terwilliger, and Joy Wang."Integrated Distribution System Planning Workshop, New Mexico PRC." (2023).

Larsen, Peter H., Lisa C. Schwartz, and Joe Paladino."Resilience Training for the Public Utility Commission of Texas." (2023).

Keen, Jeremy, Erik Pohl, Natalie Mims Frick, Juan Pablo Carvallo, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Duke Energy’s Integrated System and Operations Planning: A comparative analysis of integrated planning practices." (2023).

Schwartz, Lisa C., Joe Paladino, Peter H. Larsen, Cecilia Klauber, Tom Short, Scott Sternfeld, and Miguel Heleno."Resilience Training for the Southeast." (2023).

Schwartz, Lisa C.."Distribution and Grid Modernization Planning to Accelerate Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources." (2023).

Frick, Natalie Mims, Lisa C. Schwartz, Elaine Prause, and Raphael Breit."Distribution System Planning: Goals & Objectives." (2023).

Schwartz, Lisa C.."State Approaches for Distribution System Planning, including Grid Modernization." (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).

2022

Woolf, Tim, Alice Napoleon, Natalie Mims Frick, Lisa C. Schwartz, and Julie Michals."Distributional Equity Analysis: Advisory Committee." (2022).

Schiller, Steven R., Jeff Deason, Greg Leventis, Lisa C. Schwartz, and Kelly Parmenter."The Future of Energy Efficiency for U.S. Buildings - Drivers and Market Scenarios." (2022).

Schwartz, Lisa C., David Nemtzow, and Natalie Mims Frick."How to Build a Connected Community: Policies to Promote Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings and Demand Flexibility."2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2022).

Schiller, Steven R., Jeff Deason, Kelly Parmenter, Greg Leventis, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Future of Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Drivers and Market Expectations." (2022).

De Martini, Paul, Alan Cooke, Fredrich Kahrl, Lavelle Freeman, Juan Martinez, Elton Prifti, Kim Cullen, Jody Londo, Tim Woolf, Rebecca O'Neil, Dan Boff, Xiangqi Zhu, Seemita Pal, Ron Melton, Lisa C. Schwartz, Natalie Mims Frick, and Juliet Homer."New England PUCs training on electricity system planning." (2022).

National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, , Kevin Lee, Adam Cooper, Anne Hoskins, Christopher M. Worley, Keyle Horton, Kristin Barbato, Barbara Kates-Garnick, Max McCafferty, and Lisa C. Schwartz."The Role of Innovation in the Electric Utility Sector."Future Electric Utility Regulation Series FEUR Report No. 13 (2022).

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

2021

Frick, Natalie Mims, Juan Pablo Carvallo, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Quantifying grid reliability and resilience impacts of energy efficiency: Examples and opportunities." (2021).

Schwartz, Lisa C., Chandler Miller, Sean Murphy, and Natalie Mims Frick."State Indicators for Advancing Demand Flexibility and Energy Efficiency in Buildings." (2021).

Farley, Chandra, John Howat, Jenifer Bosco, Nidhi Thakar, Jake Wise, Jean Su, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Advancing Equity in Utility Regulation."Future Electric Utility Regulation Series FEUR Report No. 12 (2021).

Miller, Chandler, Natalie Mims Frick, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Tom Eckman, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Utility-Scale and Distributed Storage in Integrated Resource Plans: A Comparison of Plans for Indiana and Other States." (2021).

Kahrl, Fredrich, and Lisa C. Schwartz."All-Source Competitive Solicitations: State and Electric Utility Practices." (2021).

Eckman, Tom, Natalie Mims Frick, Lisa C. Schwartz, Jeremy Twitchell, and Alan Cooke."Integrated Resource Planning Training for the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff." (2021).

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