Energy Analysis

Electricity Markets

Research in the electricity market and policy area analyzes public interest policy issues and conduct research projects on key electricity market issues, including electric power system reliability, energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy, distributed energy resources, and retail energy services.

Scientists perform integrated assessment of distributed energy resource adoption, and analyzes drivers, consequences, and barriers to the emergence of a decentralized power system.

The Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS), an industry-university-national laboratory consortium that has been formed to research, develop, and commercialize new methods, tools, and technologies to protect and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system under the emerging competitive electricity market structure.

Scientists also conduct research on the policy and market institutions necessary to support the continued development of renewable power technologies, as well as the impact of these technologies in the marketplace. While this research frequently focuses on wind power or grid-connected photovoltaics (PV), much of this work is cross-cutting in its application to all renewable electricity technologies.