Publications: Electric System Planning

2023

Schwartz, Lisa C.."Distribution and Grid Modernization Planning to Accelerate Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources." (2023).
Schwartz, Lisa C.."State Approaches for Distribution System Planning, including Grid Modernization." (2023).
Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M. Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A. Phadke."Pathways to Atmanirbhar Bharat: Harnessing India's Renewable Edge for Cost-Effective Energy Independence by 2047." (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).
Kim, James Hyungkwan, Mark Bolinger, Andrew D. Mills, and Ryan H. Wiser."Rethinking the Role of Financial Transmission Rights in Wind-Rich Electricity Markets in the Central U.S.."The Energy Journal 44.6 (2023). DOI

2022

Satchwell, Andrew, Brady Cowiestoll, Elaine Hale, Brian F. Gerke, Paige Jadun, Cong Zhang, and Samanvitha Murthy."Assessing the Interactive Impacts of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response on Power System Costs and Emissions." (2022).
Abhyankar, Nikit, Jiang Lin, Fredrich Kahrl, Shengfei Yin, Umed Paliwal, Xu Liu, Nina Khanna, Amol A. Phadke, Qian Luo, David Wooley, Mike O’Boyle, Olivia Ashmoore, Robbie Orvis, and Michelle Solomon."Achieving an 80% Carbon Free Electricity System in China by 2035." (2022).
Satchwell, Andrew, Ryan Hledik, Oleksandr Kuzura, Oluwatobi Adekanye, and Chioke B. Harris."Valuing Residential Energy Efficiency: Analysis for a Prototypical Southeastern Utility." (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).
Schwartz, Lisa C.."Integrated distribution planning overview." (2022).
McDermott, Thomas E., Killian McKenna, Miguel Heleno, Bilal Ahmad Bhatti, Michael Emmanuel, and Sydney Forrester."Distribution System Research Roadmap." (2022). DOI
Millstein, Dev, Ryan H. Wiser, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, James Hyungkwan Kim, and Amos Ancell."Empirical Estimates of Transmission Value using Locational Marginal Prices." (2022).

2021

Satchwell, Andrew."Increasing the Economic Potential of Residential Energy Efficiency as a Utility Grid Resource." (2021).
Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Stephanie Bieler, Myles T. Collins, Joscha Mueller, Christoph Gehbauer, Douglas J. Gotham, and Peter H. Larsen."A framework to measure the technical, economic, and rate impacts of distributed solar, electric vehicles, and storage."Applied Energy 297 (2021). DOI
Miller, Chandler, Natalie Mims Frick, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Tom Eckman, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Utility-Scale and Distributed Storage in Integrated Resource Plans: A Comparison of Plans for Indiana and Other States." (2021).
Wiser, Ryan H., Dev Millstein, Joseph Rand, Paul Donohoo-Vallett, Patrick Gilman, and Trieu Mai."Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector." (2021).
Woolf, Tim, Ben Havumaki, Divita Bhandari, Melissa Whited, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Benefit-Cost Analysis for Utility-Facing Grid Modernization Investments: Trends, Challenges, and Considerations." (2021).
Frick, Natalie Mims, Tom Eckman, Greg Leventis, and Alan H. Sanstad."Methods to Incorporate Energy Efficiency in Electricity System Planning and Markets." (2021).

2020

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Nan Zhang, Benjamin Leibowicz, Thomas Carr, Maury Galbraith, and Peter H. Larsen."Implications of a regional resource adequacy program on utility integrated resource planning: Study for the Western United States." (2020).
Schwartz, Lisa C.."Energy System Planning for a Modern Electric Grid." (2020).
Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Nan Zhang, Sean Murphy, Benjamin Leibowicz, and Peter H. Larsen."The economic value of a centralized approach to distributed resource investment and operation."Applied Energy 269 (2020). DOI

2019

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Sean Murphy, Alan H. Sanstad, and Peter H. Larsen."The use of wholesale market purchases by Western U.S. electric utilities." (2019).

2018

Carvallo, Juan Pablo, Peter H. Larsen, Alan H. Sanstad, and Charles A. Goldman."Long term load forecasting accuracy in electric utility integrated resource planning."Energy Policy 119 (2018) 410-422. DOI
Cooke, Alan, Juliet Homer, and Lisa C. Schwartz."Distribution System Planning – State Examples by Topic." (2018).

2017

Homer, Juliet, Alan Cooke, Lisa C. Schwartz, Greg Leventis, Francisco Flores-Espino, and Michael Coddington."State Engagement in Electric Distribution System Planning." (2017).