Analyzing emerging issues in distributed energy and storage
Rate Design, Regulations, & Programs
We research how electricity rate design, policies, regulations, and programmatic efforts impact the adoption and economics of distributed energy and storage.
Electricity rate design, state and local regulations, and programmatic efforts all play critical roles in shaping distributed energy markets. EMP researches how these factors impact the adoption and economics of distributed energy and storage. Past work includes investigating the effects of local permitting processes; analyzing the financial impacts of distributed energy on utility shareholders and ratepayers; evaluating low-income programs; assessing various financing and incentive programs; and conducting numerous studies on the customer and power-system economics of distributed energy and storage under various retail electricity rate structures.
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Recent Publications
Barbose, Galen L, Naïm R Darghouth, Vasu Gaur, and Ben Hoen."Solar on Residential New Construction Datasets."
(2026).
Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Sunhee Baik, Cesca Miller, and Juan Pablo Carvallo."Backup power or bill savings? How electricity tariffs impact residential solar-plus-storage usage in the United States."Utilities Policy
96 (2025) 102035. DOI
Wiser, Ryan H, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Galen L Barbose, Peter Cappers, and Will Gorman."Factors Influencing Recent Trends in Retail Electricity Prices in the United States."The Electricity Journal
38.4 (2025). DOI
Sandler, Simon, Bentham Paulos, and Jenna Harmon."Community Solar Consolidated Billing: An Exploration of Implementation and Alternatives."
(2024).
Frick, Natalie Mims, Sunhee Baik, Mark Bolinger, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Cesca Miller, Dev Millstein, Sean Murphy, Margaret Pigman, and Lisa C Schwartz."Consumer Benefits of Clean Energy: Policy Brief."
(2024).
Bolinger, Mark, Natalie Mims Frick, and Ryan H Wiser."Consumer Benefits of Clean Energy: Renewable Energy."
(2024).
Gorman, Will, Galen L Barbose, Sunhee Baik, Cesca Miller, and Juan Pablo Carvallo."Bill Savings vs. Backup Power: Evaluating operational tradeoffs for home solar+storage systems."
(2024).
Sandonato, Anthony, Bentham Paulos, and Greg Leventis."Community Solar for Opportunity States: An exploration of development models for community solar projects in states that lack explicit enabling policies."
(2024).
