Research Areas

Demand Response & Smart Grid Technical assistance and analysis Consumer behavior Programmatic and policy barriers Design, evaluation, measurement and verification protocols	Electricity Reliability Electricity reliability technology R&D Electricity reliability metrics and trends The economic value of reliability for electricity consumers Blackout investigations
Energy Efficiency Technical assistance and analysis EM&V capacity-building support Market development and programmatic support ESCO performance and market trends	Regional Electric System Planning Interconnection-wide transmission planning support
Renewable Energy Renewable energy policy analysis and assistance Cost, benefit, and market analysis Grid operations and infrastructure impacts Public acceptance and deployment barriers	Transmission Transmission planning support Transmission usage and congestion Bulk power reliability data and trends Reliability event assessment