Publications: Energy Planning and Procurement

2024

Millstein, Dev, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Will Gorman, and Ryan Wiser."Transmission value in 2023: Market data shows the value of transmission remained high in certain locations despite overall low wholesale electricity prices." (2024).
Yang, Haozhe, Qian Luo, Gang He, Jiang Lin, Jeremiah X Johnson, Fernando Garcia-Menendez, Olivier Deschenes, Ana Mileva, and Ranjit Deshmukh."Regional disparities in health and employment outcomes of China's transition to a low-carbon electricity system."Environmental Research: Energy 1 (2024). DOI
Frick, Natalie Mims, Lisa C Schwartz, Julieta Giraldez, Cody Davis, Samir Succar, Ronny Sandoval, Gayathri Krishnamoothy, Tom Wall, Josh A Schellenberg, Peter H Larsen, and Neil Weisenfeld."Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience." (2024).
Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Sean Murphy, Guillermo Pereira, Jessica Shipley, Josh A Schellenberg, and Alisha Fernandez."State Requirements for Electric Distribution System Planning." (2024).
Kahrl, Fritz, and Jiang Lin."Changing economics of China’s power system suggest that batteries and renewables may be a lower cost way to meet peak demand growth than coal."iScience 27.2 (2024). DOI
Peng, Liqun, Gang He, and Jiang Lin."Role of Pumped Hydro Storage in China’s Power System Transition." (2024).
Morash, Sean."Charging Ahead: Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification." (2024).
Frick, Natalie Mims, Lisa C Schwartz, Julieta Giraldez, Cody Davis, Samir Succar, Ronny Sandoval, Sara Peterson, Tom Wall, Stephen Torres, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Nichole L Hanus, and Josh A Schellenberg."Western Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience." (2024).

2023

Pastor, Angela Ortega, Ashley Books, Naïm R Darghouth, and Dan Gaspar."COP28 Outcomes Report." (2023).
Nelson, Ron, Bradley Cebulko, Thomas Van Hentenryck, Erin Mettler, and Natalie Mims Frick."A Framework for Non-Pipeline Alternatives Analysis and Review of Existing Approaches." (2023).
De Martini, Paul, and Lisa C Schwartz."Distribution System Evolution." (2023).
Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Julieta Giraldez, Cody Davis, Samir Succar, Ronny Sandoval, Eliza Hotchkiss, Josh A Schellenberg, Tom Wall, Peter H Larsen, Nichole L Hanus, and Jane Frantz."Eastern Regional Training: Planning for Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources, and Resilience." (2023).
Murphy, Sean, Lisa C Schwartz, Catherine Reed, Marion Gold, and Kirsten Verclas."State Energy Offices’ Engagement in Electric Distribution Planning to Meet State Policy Goals." (2023).
Carvallo, Juan Pablo, and Lisa C Schwartz."The use of price-based demand response as a resource in electricity system planning." (2023).
Abhyankar, Nikit, Umed Paliwal, Michael O’Boyle, Michelle Solomon, Jeremy Fisher, and Amol A Phadke."A new era for rural electric cooperatives: New clean energy investments, supported by federal incentives, will reduce rates, emissions, and reliance on outside power."The Electricity Journal 36.8 (2023). DOI
Frick, Natalie Mims."Considering the time and locational value of efficiency in electricity planning." (2023).
Pereira, Guillermo, Lisa C Schwartz, and Natalie Mims Frick."Using Energy Efficiency to Help Meet Distribution System Capacity Needs." (2023).
Schwartz, Lisa C, Hanna Terwilliger, Joy Wang, and Sean Morash."Integrated Distribution System Planning Workshop, New Mexico PRC." (2023).
Abhyankar, Nikit, Priyanka Mohanty, Shruti M Deorah, Nihan Karali, Umed Paliwal, Jessica Kersey, and Amol A Phadke."India’s path towards energy independence and a clean future: Harnessing India's renewable edge for cost-effective energy independence by 2047."The Electricity Journal 36.5 (2023). DOI
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).
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).

2022

Murthy, Samanvitha, Brian F Gerke, Sarah Josephine Smith, Aditya Khandekar, Cong Zhang, Richard E Brown, and Mary Ann Piette."A multi-level load shape clustering and disaggregation approach to characterize patterns of energy consumption behavior."2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2022).