2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook
NREL's 2024 Standard Scenarios report offers a comprehensive outlook for the U.S. electricity sector using a suite of scenarios that incorporate varying assumptions about technology costs, policy landscapes, and market trends. The report presents projections of generation mix, capacity expansion, emissions, and costs through 2050 and compares outcomes across multiple scenarios. It highlights key drivers influencing future electricity pathways, such as renewable cost declines, electrification trends, and climate policies. The report is intended for policymakers, researchers, and industry stakeholders seeking data-driven insights into the possible trajectories of the U.S. power system.
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AB - NREL's 2024 Standard Scenarios report offers a comprehensive outlook for the U.S. electricity sector using a suite of scenarios that incorporate varying assumptions about technology costs, policy landscapes, and market trends. The report presents projections of generation mix, capacity expansion, emissions, and costs through 2050 and compares outcomes across multiple scenarios. It highlights key drivers influencing future electricity pathways, such as renewable cost declines, electrification trends, and climate policies. The report is intended for policymakers, researchers, and industry stakeholders seeking data-driven insights into the possible trajectories of the U.S. power system.
AU - Gagnon, Pieter
A2 - Pham, An
A3 - Cole, Wesley
A4 - Hamilton, Anne
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Wind energy
KW - Policy and regulation
KW - Policy
KW - Regulation
KW - Standards
KW - Interconnection
KW - Protection
KW - Utility integration
KW - Bulk-system Integration
LA - English
DA - 2024/12/01
PY - 2024
PB - NLR
T1 - 2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/39
ER -
Gagnon, Pieter, et al. 2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook. NLR, 1 December, 2024, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/39.
Gagnon, P., Pham, A., Cole, W., & Hamilton, A. (2024). 2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/39
Gagnon, Pieter, An Pham, Wesley Cole, and Anne Hamilton. 2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook. NLR, December, 1, 2024. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/39
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_39,
title = {2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook},
author = {Gagnon, Pieter and Pham, An and Cole, Wesley and Hamilton, Anne },
abstractNote = {NREL's 2024 Standard Scenarios report offers a comprehensive outlook for the U.S. electricity sector using a suite of scenarios that incorporate varying assumptions about technology costs, policy landscapes, and market trends. The report presents projections of generation mix, capacity expansion, emissions, and costs through 2050 and compares outcomes across multiple scenarios. It highlights key drivers influencing future electricity pathways, such as renewable cost declines, electrification trends, and climate policies. The report is intended for policymakers, researchers, and industry stakeholders seeking data-driven insights into the possible trajectories of the U.S. power system.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/39},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/39},
note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}
}
Details
Data from Dec 1, 2024
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
Organization
NLR
Contact
Pieter Gagnon
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