Program Analysis and Assistance

2020

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).

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).
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. USAID, 2019.
Barbose, Galen L. U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards: 2019 Annual Status Update. 2019.

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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. LBNL-2001143.

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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.

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Barbose, Galen L. U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards: 2018 Annual Status Report. 2018.

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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. LBNL-2001041.

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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. LBNL-1007030.

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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.
Zinaman, Owen R, Alexandra Aznar, Carl Linvill, Naïm R Darghouth, Timon Dubbeling, and Emanuele Bianco. Grid-Connected Distributed Generation: Compensation Mechanism Basics. 2017.

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Barbose, Galen L. Putting the Potential Rate Impacts of Distributed Solar into Context. 2017. LBNL-1007060.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, and Mark Bolinger. "Retail Rate Impacts of Renewable Electricity: Some First Thoughts." 2017. LBNL-1007261.

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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. LBNL-2001071.

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Barbose, Galen L. U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards: 2017 Annual Status Report. 2017. LBNL-2001031.

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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. USAID Clean Power Asia, 2017.

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2016

Mai, Trieu, Ryan H Wiser, Galen L Barbose, Lori Bird, Jenny Heeter, David Keyser, Venkat Krishnan, Jordan Macknick, and Dev Millstein. A Prospective Analysis of the Costs, Benefits, and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards. 2016. LBNL-1006962.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Jenny Heeter, Trieu Mai, Lori Bird, Mark Bolinger, Alberta Carpenter, Garvin A Heath, David Keyser, Jordan Macknick, Andrew D Mills, and Dev Millstein. A Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards. 2016. LBNL-1003961.

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Dennis, Jeffery S, Suedeen G Kelly, Robert R Nordhaus, and Douglas W Smith. Federal/State Jurisdictional Split: Implications for Emerging Electricity Technologies. 2016. LBNL-1006675.

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Barbose, Galen L. U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards 2016 Annual Status Report. 2016. LBNL-1005057.

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Barbose, Galen L, John Miller, Ben Sigrin, Emerson Reiter, Karlynn Cory, Joyce McLaren, Joachim Seel, Andrew D Mills, Naïm R Darghouth, and Andrew Satchwell. Utility Regulatory and Business Model Reforms for Addressing the Financial Impacts of Distributed Solar on Utilities. 2016. LBNL-1004371.

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2015

Bolinger, Mark, and Edward Holt. A Survey of State and Local PV Program Response to Financial Innovation and Disparate Federal Tax Treatment in the Residential PV Sector. 2015. LBNL-181290.

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Zinaman, Owen R, and Naïm R Darghouth. "A Valuation-Based Framework for Considering Distributed Generation Photovoltaic Tariff Design." India Smart Grid Week. Bangalore, India, 2015.
Barbose, Galen L, Lori Bird, Jenny Heeter, Francisco Flores, and Ryan H Wiser. "Costs and Benefits of Renewables Portfolio Standards in the United States." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 52 (2015) 523-533. LBNL-187516.

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Burkhardt, Jesse, Ryan H Wiser, Naïm R Darghouth, Changgui Dong, and Joshua Huneycutt. "Exploring the impact of permitting and local regulatory processes on residential solar prices in the United States." Energy Policy 78 (2015) 102 - 112.

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