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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 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.
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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.

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2016

Cappers, Peter, C Anna Spurlock, Annika Todd-Blick, Patrick Baylis, Meredith Fowlie, and Catherine Wolfram."Time-of-Use as a Default Rate for Residential Customers: Issues and Insights." (2016).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Ryan H Wiser, Galen L Barbose, and Andrew D Mills."Net metering and market feedback loops: Exploring the impact of retail rate design on distributed PV deployment."Applied Energy 162 (2016). DOI

2015

Darghouth, Naïm R, Ryan H Wiser, Galen L Barbose, and Andrew D Mills."Net Metering and Market Feedback Loops: Exploring the Impact of Retail Rate Design on Distributed PV Deployment." (2015).

Cappers, Peter, Liesel Hans, and Richard M Scheer."American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Interim Report on Customer Acceptance, Retention, and Response to Time-Based Rates from the Consumer Behavior Studies." (2015).

Todd-Blick, Annika, Michael Perry, Brian Smith, Michael J Sullivan, Peter Cappers, and Charles A Goldman."Insights from Smart Meters: Ramp-up, dependability, and short-term persistence of savings from Home Energy Reports." (2015).

2014

Cappers, Peter, and Richard M Scheer."American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Experiences from the Consumer Behavior Studies on Engaging Customers." (2014).

Satchwell, Andrew, Andrew D Mills, Galen L Barbose, Ryan H Wiser, Peter Cappers, and Naïm R Darghouth."Financial Impacts of Net-Metered PV on Utilities and Ratepayers: A Scoping Study of Two Prototypical U.S. Utilities." (2014).

2013

Cappers, Peter, Annika Todd-Blick, Michael Perry, Bernard Neenan, and Richard Boisvert."Quantifying the Impacts of Time-based Rates, Enabling Technology, and Other Treatments in Consumer Behavior Studies: Protocols and Guidelines." (2013).

Cappers, Peter, Annika Todd-Blick, and Charles A Goldman."Summary of Utility Studies: Smart Grid Investment Grant Consumer Behavior Study Analysis." (2013).

2011

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."The impact of rate design and net metering on the bill savings from distributed PV for residential customers in California."Energy Policy 39.9 (2011) 5243 - 5253. DOI

2010

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."The Impact of Rate Design and Net Metering on the Bill Savings from Distributed PV for Residential Customers in California." (2010) 62.

2007

Boisvert, Richard, Peter Cappers, Charles A Goldman, and Bernard Neenan."Customer Response to RTP in Competitive Markets: A Study of Niagara Mohawk's Standard Offer Tariff."The Energy Journal (2007) 53-74.

2006

Hopper, Nicole C, Charles A Goldman, and Bernard Neenan."Not All Large Customers Are Made Alike: Disaggregating Response to Default-Service Day-Ahead Market Pricing."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Hopper, Nicole C, Charles A Goldman, and Bernard Neenan."Not All Large Customers Are Made Alike: Disaggregating Response to Default-Service Day-Ahead Market Pricing." (2006) 17.

Hopper, Nicole C, Charles A Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Bernard Neenan."Customer Response to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Pricing: Choices and Performance." (2006) 30. DOI

Hopper, Nicole C, Charles A Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Bernard Neenan."Customer Response to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Pricing: Choices and Performance." 14.2 (2006) 126-134. DOI

Hopper, Nicole C, Charles A Goldman, and Bernard Neenan."Demand Response from Day-Ahead Hourly Pricing for Large Customers." (2006) 19.

2005

Barbose, Galen L, Charles A Goldman, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Nicole C Hopper, Michael K Ting, and Bernard Neenan."Real Time Pricing as a Default or Optional Service for C&I Customers: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Case Studies." (2005) 106.

2004

Boisvert, Richard, Peter Cappers, Bernard Neenan, and Bryan Scott."Industrial and Commercial Customer Response To Real Time Electricity Prices." (2004) 53.

Moezzi, Mithra M, Charles A Goldman, Osman Sezgen, Ranjit Bharvirkar, and Nicole C Hopper."Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm." (2004) 16.

1995

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

1990

Marnay, Chris, and G. G Alan Comnes."Ratemaking for Conservation: The California ERAM Experience." (1990) 68.