Standard Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader
The Standard Scenarios provide a set of forward looking projections for the U.S. electric power sector to 2050, reflecting varying assumptions about technology costs, fuel prices, policies, and demand growth. NREL updates these scenarios annually; the 2024 edition includes 61 scenarios using the latest cost and performance data. The Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader allow users to explore generation mix, capacity additions, emissions, and regional differences across scenarios and download time series data. Stakeholders' including policymakers, researchers, and utilities use the tool to assess potential pathways for decarbonization, gauge the impacts of policy or market trends, and benchmark against other modeling studies.
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AB - The Standard Scenarios provide a set of forward looking projections for the U.S. electric power sector to 2050, reflecting varying assumptions about technology costs, fuel prices, policies, and demand growth. NREL updates these scenarios annually; the 2024 edition includes 61 scenarios using the latest cost and performance data. The Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader allow users to explore generation mix, capacity additions, emissions, and regional differences across scenarios and download time series data. Stakeholders' including policymakers, researchers, and utilities use the tool to assess potential pathways for decarbonization, gauge the impacts of policy or market trends, and benchmark against other modeling studies.
AU - NLR
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Electric vehicles
KW - Electric vehicle charging
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Financing
KW - Business models
KW - Standards
KW - Interconnection
KW - Protection
KW - Policy and regulation
KW - Policy
KW - Regulation
LA - English
DA - 2026/01/29
PY - 2026
PB - NLR
T1 - Standard Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/91
ER -
NLR. Standard Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader. NLR, 29 January, 2026, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/91.
NLR. (2026). Standard Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/91
NLR. Standard Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader. NLR, January, 29, 2026. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/91
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title = {Standard Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader},
author = {NLR},
abstractNote = {The Standard Scenarios provide a set of forward looking projections for the U.S. electric power sector to 2050, reflecting varying assumptions about technology costs, fuel prices, policies, and demand growth. NREL updates these scenarios annually; the 2024 edition includes 61 scenarios using the latest cost and performance data. The Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader allow users to explore generation mix, capacity additions, emissions, and regional differences across scenarios and download time series data. Stakeholders' including policymakers, researchers, and utilities use the tool to assess potential pathways for decarbonization, gauge the impacts of policy or market trends, and benchmark against other modeling studies.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/91},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/91},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-06}
}
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Data from Jan 29, 2026
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
Organization
NLR
Contact
Brian Sergi
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