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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) 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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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: Technical Assistance - Efficiency, Electrification, and Flexibility

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)

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2024

Murphy, Sean, Margaret Pigman, and Natalie Mims Frick."Managing changes in peak demand from building and transportation electrification with energy efficiency." (2024).

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).

2021

Stuart, Elizabeth."An Ally in Your Corner: Benefits of Using Owner's Representatives." (2021).

2020

Eckman, Tom, Lisa C Schwartz, and Natalie Mims Frick."Economic Valuation of Energy Resources: Technical Assistance Opportunity for States on Enhanced Methods to Assess Utility System Value of Demand Flexibility." (2020).

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Myles T Collins, Stephanie Bieler, Joscha Mueller, Christoph Gehbauer, and Peter H Larsen."Indiana 21st Century Energy Policy: Emerging Technologies on the Electricity Distribution System." (2020).

Earni, Shankar, Philip Coleman, Elizabeth Stuart, and Peter H Larsen."eProject Builder: Promoting wider adoption of energy savings performance contracts through standardization and transparency."energise 2020 ENERGY INNOVATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY (2020) 300-308.

2018

Frick, Natalie Mims, Tom Eckman, and Lisa C Schwartz."Time-Varying Value of Energy Efficiency in Michigan." (2018).

Stuart, Elizabeth, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Peter H Larsen, Charles A Goldman, and Donald Gilligan."Understanding recent market trends of the US ESCO industry."Energy Efficiency 11 (2018) 1303–1324. DOI

2014

Goldman, Charles A."State/Provincial Regulation in 2030: Gazing into the Crystal Ball." (2014).

Todd-Blick, Annika, Michael Perry, Brian Smith, Michael J Sullivan, Peter Cappers, and Charles A Goldman."Insights from Smart Meters: The Potential for Peak-Hour Savings from Behavior-Based Programs." (2014).

Zimring, Mark."Energy Efficiency Financing Program Implementation Primer." (2014).

2013

Zimring, Mark, Matthew Brown, and Dave Carey."Using Financing to Scale Up Energy Efficiency: Work Plan Recommendations for the SEE Action Financing Solutions Working Group." (2013).

Schiller, Steven R."Utility Customer-Funded Energy Efficiency 101: Presentation for South Dakota Public Utilities Commission." (2013).

Satchwell, Andrew, Charles A Goldman, Hossein Haeri, and Mark Lesiw."An Assessment of Analytical Capabilities, Services and Tools for Demand Response." (2013).

Delurey, Dan, and Judith Schwartz."Demand Response Program Design and Implementation Case Study Interviews." (2013).

2012

Dworkin, Michael, Katie Johnson, Donald Kreis, Carey Rosser, Jonathan Voegele, Steve Weissman, Megan A Billingsley, and Charles A Goldman."A Regulator's Privacy Guide to Third Party Data Access for Energy Efficiency." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, Brandon Belford, John Cross, Tom Blair, Adam Agalloco, and Molly Lunn."Making it Easier to Complete Clean Energy Projects with QECBs." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, and Merrian Borgeson."Qualified Energy Conservation Bond (QECB) Update: New Guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service." (2012).

Zimring, Mark, Merrian Borgeson, Ian M Hoffman, Charles A Goldman, Elizabeth Stuart, Annika Todd-Blick, and Megan A Billingsley."Extending Efficiency Services to Underserved Households: NYSERDA's Assisted Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program." (2012).

2011

Billingsley, Megan A, and Elizabeth Stuart."Contractor Sales Training: Providing the Skills Necessary to Sell Comprehensive Home Energy Upgrades."Clean Energy Program Policy Brief (2011) 5.

Larsen, Peter H."Energy Service Company (ESCO) Project Performance Benchmarking Fact Sheets." (2011).

Goldman, Charles A, Elizabeth Stuart, Ian M Hoffman, Merrian C Fuller, Megan A Billingsley, and Merrian Borgeson."Interactions between Energy Efficiency Programs funded under the Recovery Act and Utility Customer-Funded Energy Efficiency Programs." (2011) 73.

2009

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Grayson C Heffner, and Charles A Goldman."Retail Demand Response in Southwest Power Pool." (2009) 33.

2008

Bharvirkar, Ranjit, Charles A Goldman, Grayson C Heffner, and Richard Sedano."Coordination of Retail Demand Response with Midwest ISO Wholesale Markets." (2008) 39.

2007

Puckett, Curt D, and Timothy P Hennessy."Deemed Savings Estimates for Legacy Air Conditioning and Water Heating Direct Load Control Programs in PJM Region." (2007) 101.