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)

2024

Frick, Natalie Mims, Sunhee Baik, Mark Bolinger, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Cesca Miller, Dev Millstein, Sean Murphy, Margaret Pigman, and Lisa C Schwartz."Consumer Benefits of A Clean Energy Transition: Policy Brief." (2024).

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

Davis, Cody, and Lisa C Schwartz."Sizing Electric Service Panels and Utility Infrastructure for Residential Electrification and Distributed Energy Resources Adoption." (2024).

Woolf, Tim, Alice Napoleon, Natalie Mims Frick, Lisa C Schwartz, and Julie Michals."Distributional Equity Analysis for Energy Efficiency and Other Distributed Energy Resources: A Practical Guide." (2024).

Frick, Natalie Mims, Lisa C Schwartz, Julieta Giraldez, Cody Davis, Samir Succar, Ronny Sandoval, Gayathri Krishnamoothy, Tom Wall, Josh A Schellenberg, Peter H Larsen, and Neil Weisenfeld."Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience." (2024).

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

Frick, Natalie Mims, and Lisa C Schwartz."A National Perspective on State Practices for Integrated Distribution System Planning." (2024).

Frick, Natalie Mims, Lisa C Schwartz, Julieta Giraldez, Cody Davis, Samir Succar, Ronny Sandoval, Sara Peterson, Tom Wall, Stephen Torres, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Nichole L Hanus, and Josh A Schellenberg."Western Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience." (2024).

2023

De Martini, Paul, and Lisa C Schwartz."Distribution System Evolution." (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, Joy Wang, and Sean Morash."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

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