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2025

Collins, Myles T, and Lisa C Schwartz."Grid Resilience Planning for Extreme Cold and Ice Storms: Midwestern Region Training for Public Utility Commissions and State Energy Offices." (2025).

Chelminski, Kathryn, Lisa C Schwartz, Jeff Thomas, Juan Martinez, and Schuyler Matteson."Promoting Economic Efficiency in Interconnection–Part 1: Coordination Between Interconnection and Grid Planning." (2025).

Podpora, Adam, Cody Matthews, David Rearden, Calvin Monson, Kathryn Chelminski, and Lisa C Schwartz." Clearing the Fog on Interconnection Queues: Increasing Data Access, Transparency, and Security." (2025).

Paulos, Bentham."DOE Energy Innovator Fellows Informational Webinar: Data Vizualization." (2025).

Carvallo, Juan Pablo."DOE Energy Innovator Fellows Informational Webinar: Electric System Reliability." (2025).

Cheyette, Anna, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, and Dev Millstein."Empirical Assessment of Interregional Coordination to Support Resource Adequacy." (2025).

Collins, Myles T, and Lisa C Schwartz."Grid Resilience Planning for Severe Storms: Eastern/Southeastern Region Training for Public Utility Commissions and State Energy Offices." (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).

McAdams, Jasmine, and Natalie Mims Frick."DOE Energy Innovator Fellows Informational Webinar: Stakeholder Engagement." (2025).

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

Terwilliger, Hanna, Derek Duran, Ken Habel, Katie Cleary, Lisa C Schwartz, and Kathryn Chelminski."Speed Dating: Faster Connections Between Customer Resources and Utility Grids." (2025).

Kahrl, Fredrich, Josh A Schellenberg, Lisa C Schwartz, Diana Rucavado Rojas, Brittany Tarufelli, Kyle Wilson, and Juliet Homer."Transmission Cost Allocation Practices." (2025).

Schwartz, Lisa C, and Peter Cappers."USDOE Energy Innovator Fellows Informational Webinar: Resources and Assistance for State Energy Offices and Regulators." (2025).

Baik, Sunhee, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Peter H Larsen, Gabby Geraci, and Karen Johnson."Estimates of the Economic Impacts of Long-Duration, Widespread Power Disruptions in Puerto Rico." (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).

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).

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).

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).

Forrester, Sydney, Ryan Hledik, Adam Bigelow, Natalie Mims Frick, and Kala Viswanathan."State regulatory opportunities to advance distributed energy resource 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).

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).