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Distributed Energy Resources Rate Design and Compensation
This manual from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) discusses how electric rate structures affect the adoption and operation of distributed energy resources (DER). It explores compensation mechanisms such as net metering, time-of-use rates, demand...
Design, R. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Oct 31, 2016
Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT)
Sandia National Laboratories' Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT) is a decision support tool that helps engineers design microgrids to meet user-defined objectives. It integrates load modeling, renewable and conventional generation options, energy storage, and control strategies to eva...
Sandia National Laboratories
Dec 31, 2024
Renewable Energy Development in Indian Country: A Handbook for Tribes
This handbook, produced by the U.S. DOE Office of Indian Energy in collaboration with NREL, offers a comprehensive guide for tribes pursuing renewable energy development. It covers project planning, resource assessment, financing, partnerships, permitting, and tribal governance co...
MacCourt, D. U.S. Department of Energy
May 31, 2010
Microgrid Conceptual Design Guidebook (2022)
This 2022 ETIPP guidebook from Sandia National Laboratories provides a structured approach to conceptual microgrid design. It walks planners through defining objectives, identifying critical loads, assessing site resources, and selecting appropriate generation, storage, and contro...
Garcia, B. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Mar 31, 2022
Federal On-Site Distributed Energy Procurement Options
This resource from FEMP outlines various procurement pathways available to federal agencies seeking to deploy distributed energy projects on-site. It compares approaches such as energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs), utility energy service contracts (UESCs), power purchase ...
Program, M. U.S. Department of Energy
Dec 31, 2025
reV: The Renewable Energy Potential Model
reV (the Renewable Energy Potential Model) is a modular, open-source modeling tool developed by NREL to estimate technical potential, generation profiles, and capacity factors for renewable energy resources. It processes spatially resolved data including resource maps, land-use ex...
NLR
Mar 09, 2025
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File)
NREL has been modeling U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) system costs since 2009. This year, our report benchmarks costs of U.S. PV for residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems, with and without storage, built in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1 2020). The methodology includes b...
Feldman, D. et al NLR
Jan 20, 2025
Cost Analysis of Renewable Energy-Based Microgrids
This paper analyzes the cost composition of microgrid construction as well as the influencing key factors. The Microgrid Cost Study aims at identifying the average cost of a typical microgrid project. The project is limited to the vicinity of U.S. and hence takes into account of o...
Giraldez Miner, J. et al University of Denver
Dec 31, 2016
Kake Heat Pump Rate Analysis for Inside Passage Electric Cooperative
This report provides an overview of possible rate structures that can encourage beneficial electrification, with an emphasis on HPs, in Kake, Alaska. Inside Passage Electric Cooperative (IPEC), and Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are...
Mathur, S. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dec 31, 2020
Integrating Renewable Energy: What You Need to Consider in Rural Alaska
ACEP guidance report for rural Alaska communities considering renewable integration into diesel-based microgrids, emphasizing that integration creates both opportunities and hidden costs. Explains why operating reserve capacity matters for sudden load changes and for managing inte...
Green, N. University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dec 31, 2020
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