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2026

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Sydney Forrester, Paul Donohoo-Vallett, Peter Cappers, Jeff Deason, Ryan Hledik, and Long Lam."Retail Electricity Price Trends and Drivers: Data Update−2026 Edition, July update." (2026).

Murphy, Sean, and Josh A Schellenberg."Demand response roadmap for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities." (2026).

Pereira, Guillermo, Paul De Martini, Arthur Mallet Dias, and Lisa C Schwartz."Distribution System Plan Template and Guide for Electric Utilities for Adaptation by States and Utilities." (2026).

Murphy, Sean, Cisco DeVries, and Eliot Crowe."DOE Energy Innovator Fellows informational webinar: Demand Flexibility Programs and Rates and Analytics." (2026).

Collins, Myles T, Arthur Mallet Dias, Lisa C Schwartz, and Paul De Martini."Integrating Resilience Planning in Distribution System Planning." (2026).

Chelminski, Kathryn, Johnny Wong, Lisa C Schwartz, Margaret Pigman, and Katherine Carlson."Interconnection Timelines and Costs for Distributed Energy Projects in the United States (2000-2025)." (2026).

O'Shaughnessy, Eric, and Galen L Barbose."Power now, pay later: the evolution of U.S. residential solar financing."Environmental Research: Energy 3.2 (2026). DOI

O'Shaughnessy, Eric, Ryan H Wiser, Peter Cappers, Jeffrey Deason, Natalie Mims Frick, and Ryan Hledik."Revisiting the relationship between demand growth and electricity prices."Joule (2026) 102528. DOI

Kahrl, Fredrich, and Natalie Mims Frick."Speed to Power: Solutions for Accelerating Large Load Connections." (2026).

Barbose, Galen L."U.S. State Electricity Resource Standards: 2026 Data Update." (2026).

Frick, Natalie Mims, and Vinita Srinivasan."2026 Large Load Literature Review and Data Sources." (2026).

Palmer, James F, Ben Hoen, and Chris Garrity."An Exploratory Investigation of the Experience of Visible Wind Turbines."Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture 11 (2026). DOI

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Peter Cappers, Will Gorman, Sean Murphy, Lisa C Schwartz, Natalie Mims Frick, Guillermo Pereira, Arthur Mallet Dias, Jessalyn Chuang, and Vinita Srinivasan."Electric Utility Distribution Costs: Scoping Study on Trends, Drivers, and Possible Response Strategies." (2026).

Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Anna Cheyette, Will Gorman, Jessalyn Chuang, and Dev Millstein."Identifying Barriers to Solar and Storage Hybrids: Modeled vs. empirical wholesale market value and net-value for co-located solar + storage projects." (2026).

Rand, Joseph, Anna Cheyette, Chris Talley, Steven Zhang, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Fredrich Kahrl."Queued Up: 2026 Edition, Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2025." (2026).

De Martini, Paul."Distributed Energy Resources: Distribution Operations and Tariff Provisions." (2026).

Baillargeon, Natalie, Juniper Katz, Lanbing Tao, Robi Nilson, and Ben Hoen."Permitting and siting of wind and solar in Massachusetts: processes, timelines, and outcomes."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy 5 (2026). DOI

Fujita, K Sydny, Louisa Kramer, James Diffendorfer, Dana Robson, Ben Hoen, Chris Garrity, and Jing Ke."US Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database Files." (2026).

Ball, Jason, and Peter Cappers."A Community Guide to Regulatory Barriers Affecting Microgrids (Reports 1-3)." (2026).

Davis, Cody."DOE Energy Innovator Fellows informational webinar: Electric Distribution System Operations." (2026).

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

Giraldez, Julieta, Sean Morash, Matthew Steffen, and Gregory Mandelman."EV Load Forecasting Guide." (2026).

Kahrl, Fredrich, Jennie Jorgenson, Lawryn Kiboma, Dev Millstein, Natalie Mims Frick, and Brian Sergi."Getting brighter: Impacts of improved day-ahead solar forecasts in high-solar, high-storage electricity systems."Renewable Energy 259 (2026) 125104. DOI

Pereira, Guillermo, Soumya Tiwari, and Lisa C Schwartz."Non-Wires Alternatives for Distribution Systems: State Requirements and Engineering Practices." (2026).

Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Will Gorman, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Sydney Forrester, Paul Donohoo-Vallett, Peter Cappers, Jeff Deason, Ryan Hledik, and Long Lam."Retail Electricity Price Trends and Drivers: Data Update−2026 Edition." (2026).