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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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2026

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

Larsen, Peter H, Kyle Carney, Joseph H Eto, George Jiang, Dhawal Joshi, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Ridge Peterson, Christopher Ramee, and Anna-Elise Smith."ICE Calculator 2: Final Report for Phase 1 and 2 of the National Initiative to Update the Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator." (2026).

Wigginton, Karle, and Jon Ness."Exploring Electrical Bonding in PV Structural Joints." (2026).

Ness, Jon, and Gerald Robinson."Fundamentals of Solar PV Bolted Joint Loosening and Prevention." (2026).

Ness, Jon, and Mary Beth Wigginton."Improving Bolted Joint Reliability in Utility- Scale PV: Gaps and Improvements in Tightening Methods, Tools, and Fasteners." (2026).

Ness, Jon, and Gerald Robinson."Proposed Guidelines for Clearance Holes, Slots, and Washers." (2026).

2025

Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Sunhee Baik, Cesca Miller, and Juan Pablo Carvallo."Backup power or bill savings? How electricity tariffs impact residential solar-plus-storage usage in the United States."Utilities Policy 96 (2025) 102035. DOI

Collins, Myles T, and Lisa C Schwartz."Grid Resilience Planning for Extreme Heat: Training for Public Utility Commissions and State Energy Offices." (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).

Jin, Ling, Joseph H Eto, Ji Yoon Lee, and Alex Hoffman."Distribution Feeder Characteristics and Their Resiliency to Natural Hazards ." (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).

Larsen, Peter H, Kyle Carney, Joseph H Eto, George Jiang, Dhawal Joshi, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Ridge Peterson, Christopher Ramee, and Anna-Elise Smith."ICE Calculator 2.0: Final Report for Phase 1 of the National Initiative to Update the Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator." (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).

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).

Collins, Myles T, and Josh A Schellenberg."Grid Resilience Planning for Wildfires: Western Region Training for Public Utility Commissions and State Energy Offices." (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

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).

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).

Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Sunhee Baik, Cesca Miller, and Juan Pablo Carvallo."Bill Savings vs. Backup Power: Evaluating operational tradeoffs for home solar+storage systems." (2024).

Lowry, Mark Newton."Alternative Ratemaking Treatments for Grid Resilience Programs." (2024).

Krishnamoorthy, Gayathri, Tom Wall, Myles T Collins, and Josh A Schellenberg."Clean Energy Innovator Fellows Training: Grid Resilience Planning." (2024).

Schellenberg, Josh A, and Lisa C Schwartz."Grid Resilience Plans: State Requirements, Utility Practices, and Utility Plan Template." (2024).

Larsen, Peter H, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Alan H Sanstad, Sunhee Baik, Ian Sue Wing, Dan Wei, Adam Rose, Jeremy Smith, Christopher Ramee, and Ridge Peterson."Power Outage Economics Tool: A Prototype for the Commonwealth Edison Service Territory." (2024).