Energy Planning & Procurement

Advancing best practices in energy planning and procurement

Tools & Data

We develop tools, data, and visualizations to assist electricity system decision-making and maintain an online Resource Planning Portal available to any user.

Resource planning is a complex process that integrates forecasting, modeling, scenario analysis, and risk assessment for supply- and demand-side resources. Regulators assess these plans to gauge the cost-effectiveness of utility investment decision-making. Berkeley Lab assists with this review process by compiling, curating, and analyzing quantitative assumptions and input data developed in integrated resource plans across the country. These data are systematically collected and made available to interested parties in the Resource Planning Portal, which contains over 150 plans from the early 2000s up to the present.

We also collect, compile, clean, and analyze data on generator interconnection for the bulk power system, including interconnection queues and interconnection costs. In addition to producing reports and briefs on these data, EMP provides publicly available data files and interactive data visualization tools.

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Juan Pablo Carvallo
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Liqun Peng

Recent Publications

Gerke, Brian F, Sarah Josephine Smith, Samanvitha Murthy, Aditya Khandekar, Cong Zhang, Sunhee Baik, Shreya Agarwal, Jingjing Liu, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Peter Alstone."Overview of Phase 4 of the California Demand Response Potential Study." (2022).
Frick, Natalie Mims, Juan Pablo Carvallo, and Margaret Pigman."Time-Sensitive Value Calculator." (2022).
Seel, Joachim, and Andrew D Mills."Integrating Cambium Marginal Costs into Electric Sector Decisions: Opportunities to Integrate Cambium Marginal Cost Data into Berkeley Lab Analysis and Technical Assistance." (2021).
Homer, Juliet, Tom McDermott, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Cesca Miller, Jeremy Twitchell, Natalie Mims Frick, John Fazio, Robert Lempert, and Rui Yang."Integrated Distribution System Planning Training: Innovations in Electricity Modeling." (2021).
Gorman, Will, Andrew D Mills, and Ryan H Wiser."Improving estimates of transmission capital costs for utility-scale wind and solar projects to inform renewable energy policy."Energy Policy (2019). DOI
Jin, Ling, C Anna Spurlock, Sam Borgeson, Daniel Fredman, Liesel Hans, Siddharth Patel, and Annika Todd-Blick."Load Shape Clustering Using Residential Smart Meter Data: a Technical Memorandum." (2016).
Munoz, Francisco D, and Andrew D Mills."Endogenous Assessment of the Capacity Value of Solar PV in Generation Investment Planning Studies."IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 6.4 (2015). DOI
Mills, Andrew D, Ryan H Wiser, and Kevin Porter."The cost of transmission for wind energy in the United States: A review of transmission planning studies."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16.1 (2012) 19. DOI
Mills, Andrew D, Ryan H Wiser, and Kevin Porter."The Cost of Transmission for Wind Energy: A Review of Transmission Planning Studies." (2009) 66.
Coughlin, Katie, and Charles A Goldman."Physical Impacts of Climate Change on the Western US Electricity System: A Scoping Study." (2008) 29.
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Resource Planning Portal
Resource Planning Portal
Improving estimates of transmission capital costs for utility-scale wind and solar projects to inform renewable energy policy
Improving estimates of transmission capital costs for utility-scale wind and solar projects to inform renewable energy policy