This is the issues paper for the DOE National Transmission Grid Study. In order to construct new transmission facilities or to significantly upgrade existing facilities in the U.S. electricity system, developers typically need approval from several state and federal agencies. View Summary +

Policymakers looking for a more robust way to appreciate reliability and to assess what influence they can have over the outcome will find help in this report. This paper will review what reliability is, and encourage broad thinking about how… View Summary +

The purpose of this paper is to describe implementation options for two concepts: deaveraged distribution credits and distributed resource development zones, as first described in Profits and Progress Though Distributed Resources (NARUC,February 2000). View Summary +

Topics covered in this paper include power system reliability benefits from distributed energy resources, customer-owned generation, customer supplied ancillary services, and improved pricing signals in wholesale and retailmarkets. View Summary +

This report explores the role that cost-effective energy efficiency and load management resources can play in restoring the demand-supply balance in electricity. View Summary +

Energy efficiency and renewable energy have many positive effects on the general economy, the environment and energy security in New England.  With consistent electric demand growth and persistent concerns about electricity reliability, energy security, air quality, climate change and economic… View Summary +