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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
Microgrids for Energy Resilience: A Guide to Conceptual Design and Lessons from Defense Projects
This playbook from the Rocky Mountain Institute offers a comprehensive framework for regulators, utilities, and developers to design and implement non-wires solutions (NWS). NWS are alternatives to conventional grid infrastructure upgrades that use distributed resources, demand re...
Booth, S. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2019
USAID Energy Storage Decision Guide for Policymakers
The purpose of this report is to arm relevant decision makers with the initial layer of information they need to understand energy storage and to make informed policy, regulatory, and investment decisions around grid-connected energy storage. While many of the case studies present...
Chernyakhovskiy, I. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2020
Private, State, and Federal Funding and Financing Options to Enable Resilient, Affordable, and Clean Microgrids
This joint report by NARUC and the National Association of State Energy Officials compiles funding and financing mechanisms available to support microgrid projects. It describes federal grants and loan programs, state incentives, and private-sector financing models such as third-p...
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, N.
Dec 31, 2020
Financing Microgrids in the Federal Sector
Recent high-impact events such as hurricanes and wildfires highlight the need for energy system resilience. One potential impact of these events is the loss of utility grid power to federal sites, negatively affecting the ability to carry out their missions. Depending on the need ...
Kurnik, C. and Voss, P. U.S. Department of Energy
Jul 31, 2020
SEIN: Breaking Barriers Resilient Energy System Analysis
The Solar Energy Innovation Network (SEIN) is a collaborative research program that supports multi-stakeholder teams in researching and sharing solutions to real-world challenges associated with solar energy adoption. The Breaking Barriers project was selected to participate in th...
Belding, S. et al NLR
May 31, 2022
Energy Markets and Policy: Tools and Data
This portal hosted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Electricity Markets and Policy group offers access to a variety of analytical tools, data sets, and visualizations. Resources include cost and performance benchmarks, utility planning data, DER adoption models, and poli...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dec 31, 2024
User Objectives and Design Approaches for Microgrids: Options for Delivering Reliability and Resilience, Clean Energy, Energy Savings, and Other Priorities
This briefing paper, produced by NARUC and NASEO's Microgrids State Working Group, explores why different customers pursue microgrids and how design choices affect outcomes. Microgrids can operate in grid-connected or islanded mode, using local generation, storage and controls to ...
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, N.
Dec 31, 2020
2024 Electricity ATB Technologies and Data Overview
The 2024 Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) compiles current and projected cost and performance characteristics for a wide range of electricity generation technologies, including solar, wind, fossil, nuclear, and storage systems. This overview summarizes key assumptions ...
NLR
Aug 22, 2024
Wind Supply Curves
NREL's wind supply curve tool compiles high resolution wind resource data and transmission information to produce supply curves that show the relationship between wind resource quality, capacity, and cost. The interactive map and downloadable dataset help analysts and developers i...
NLR
Mar 25, 2025
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