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)

2000

Eto, Joseph H, M. Suzie Kito, Leslie J. Shown, and Richard Sonnenblick."Where Did the Money Go? The Cost and Performance of the Largest Commercial Sector DSM Programs."The Energy Journal 21.2 (2000) 62.

1998

Marnay, Chris, M. Suzie Kito, Dan Kirshner, Osman Sezgen, Steven J. Pickle, Katja B. Schumacher, and Ryan H. Wiser."Restructuring and Renewable Energy Developments in California: Using Elfin to Simulate the Future California Power Market." (1998) 139.

Eto, Joseph H, Steven Stoft, and M. Suzie Kito."DSM Shareholder Incentives: Recent Designs and Economic Theory."Utilities Policy (1998) 16. DOI

1996

Goldman, Charles A., M. Suzie Kito, and Mithra M. Moezzi."Evaluation of Public Service Electric & Gas Company's Standard Offer Program." (1996) 16.

Eto, Joseph H, Charles A. Goldman, and M. Suzie Kito."Ratepayer-Funded Energy-Efficiency Programs in a Restructured Electricity Industry: Issues, Options, and Unanswered Questions."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1996).

Eto, Joseph H, Charles A. Goldman, and M. Suzie Kito."Ratepayer-Funded Energy-Efficiency Programs in a Restructured Electricity Industry: Issues, Options, and Unanswered Questions." (1996) 24.

Eto, Joseph H, M. Suzie Kito, Leslie J. Shown, and Richard Sonnenblick."Where Did the Money Go? The Cost and Measured Performance of the Largest 1992 Commercial Sector DSM Programs."ACEEE 1996 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 6 (1996).

1995

Eto, Joseph H, M. Suzie Kito, Leslie J. Shown, and Richard Sonnenblick."Where Did the Money Go? The Cost and Performance of the Largest Commercial Sector DSM Programs." (1995).

Goldman, Charles A., M. Suzie Kito, and Mithra M. Moezzi."Evaluation of Public Service Electric & Gas Company's Standard Offer Program." (1995) 169.

Eto, Joseph H, Leslie J. Shown, Richard Sonnenblick, and M. Suzie Kito."The Total Cost and Measured Performance of Utility-Sponsored, Energy Efficiency Programs in the Commercial Sector: A Status Report."7th National Demand-Side Management Conference (1995).

Stoft, Steven, Joseph H Eto, and M. Suzie Kito."DSM Shareholder Incentives: Current Designs and Economic Theory." (1995).

1994

Goldman, Charles A., and M. Suzie Kito."Demand-Side Bidding: Six Years Later and the Results Are Coming In." (1994) 12.

Goldman, Charles A., and M. Suzie Kito."Review of Demand-Side Bidding Programs: Impacts, Costs, and Cost-Effectiveness." (1994) 143.

1993

Kahn, Edward P, Adele Milne, and M. Suzie Kito."The Price of Electricity from Private Power Producers." (1993) 61.