Publications: Program Analysis and Assistance

2023

Barbose, Galen L., and Sydney Forrester."Solar PV on U.S. Houses of Worship: Overview of Market Activity and Trends." (2023).

2022

Watson, Kevin."Best Practices and Considerations for Siting Battery Storage Systems." (2022).
Watson, Kevin."Severe Weather Considerations for Siting Solar PV Systems." (2022).
McLaren, Joyce, Sherin Abraham, Naïm R. Darghouth, and Sydney Forrester."Use of Operating Agreements and Energy Storage to Reduce Photovoltaic Interconnection Costs: Technical and Economic Analysis." (2022).
Gill, Carrie, Shauna Beland, Ryan Constable, Tim Roughan, Caitlin Broderick, Stephen Lasher, Joyce McLaren, Sherin Abraham, Anthony Teixeria, Naïm R. Darghouth, and Sydney Forrester."Use of Operating Agreements and Energy Storage to Reduce Photovoltaic Interconnection Costs: Conceptual Framework." (2022).

2021

Deason, Jeff, Greg Leventis, and Sean Murphy."Performance of solar leasing for low- and middle-income customers in Connecticut." (2021).
Paulos, Bentham, Sydney Forrester, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Christopher Dyson, Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."An Assessment of Evaluation Practices of Low- And Moderate-Income Solar Programs." (2021).
Barbose, Galen L.."U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards 2021 Status Update: Early Release." (2021).

2020

O'Shaughnessy, Eric, Galen L. Barbose, and Ryan H. Wiser."Patience is a virtue: A data-driven analysis of rooftop solar PV permitting timelines in the United States."Energy Policy 144 (2020). DOI
Barbose, Galen L., and Andrew Satchwell."Benefits and costs of a utility-ownership business model for residential rooftop solar photovoltaics."Nature Energy (2020). DOI
Wiser, Ryan H., and Dev Millstein."Evaluating the economic return to public wind energy research and development in the United States."Applied Energy 261 (2020). DOI

2019

Barbose, Galen L.."U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards: 2019 Annual Status Update." (2019).
Chaianong, Aksornchan, Athikom Bangviwat, Christoph Menke, and Naïm R. Darghouth."Cost–Benefit Analysis of Rooftop PV Systems on Utilities and Ratepayers in Thailand."Energies 12.12 (2019). DOI
Tongsopit, Sopitsuda, Supawan Saelim, Thanawat Keereepart, Naïm R. Darghouth, Alexandra Aznar, Eric O’Shaughnessy, and Surachai Chaitusaney."Distributed Photovoltaic Economic and Technical Impact Analysis in the Philippines." (2019).

2018

Barbose, Galen L.."U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards: 2018 Annual Status Report." (2018).
Wiser, Ryan H., Naïm R. Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Galen L. Barbose, Joachim Seel, Varun Rai, Ariane Beck, Ashok Sekar, D. Cale Reeves, Erik Funkhouser, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Ben Sigrin, and Casey Canfield."Diffusion of Innovations: Interplay of Social, Economic, Technological, and Policy Drivers in the Solar Industry—Summary of UT Austin Student Capstone Research Projects." (2018).
Deason, Jeff, and Sean Murphy."Assessing the PACE of California residential solar deployment: Impacts of Property Assessed Clean Energy programs on residential solar photovoltaic deployment in California, 2010-2015." (2018).

2017

Thakur, Jagruti, Sebastian Rauner, Naïm R. Darghouth, and Basab Chakraborty."Exploring the impact of increased solar deployment levels on residential electricity bills in India."Renewable Energy 120.May 2018 (2017) 512-523. DOI
Tongsopit, Sopitsuda, Owen R. Zinaman, and Naïm R. Darghouth."Understanding the Impact of Distributed Photovoltaic Adoption on Utility Revenues and Retail Electricity Tariffs in Thailand." (2017).
Zinaman, Owen R., Alexandra Aznar, Carl Linvill, Naïm R. Darghouth, Timon Dubbeling, and Emanuele Bianco."Grid-Connected Distributed Generation: Compensation Mechanism Basics." (2017).
Gagnon, Pieter, Anand Govindarajan, Lori Bird, Galen L. Barbose, Naïm R. Darghouth, and Andrew D. Mills."Solar + Storage Synergies for Managing Commercial-Customer Demand Charges." (2017).
Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, Andrew D. Mills, Ryan H. Wiser, Pieter Gagnon, and Lori Bird."Exploring Demand Charge Savings from Commercial Solar." (2017).
Barbose, Galen L.."U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards: 2017 Annual Status Report." (2017).
Wiser, Ryan H., Galen L. Barbose, and Mark Bolinger."Retail Rate Impacts of Renewable Electricity: Some First Thoughts." (2017).
Darghouth, Naïm R., Galen L. Barbose, Andrew D. Mills, Ryan H. Wiser, Pieter Gagnon, and Lori Bird."Exploring Demand Charge Savings from Residential Solar." (2017).