News & Events
New study offers insights into price dispersion among residential solar installations
We are pleased to announce a new Berkeley Lab study, entitled Sources of Price Dispersion in U.S. Residential Solar Installations.
Berkeley Lab review of U.S. benchmarking and transparency programs documents energy savings based on results to date
We are pleased to announce the release of a new Berkeley Lab report, Evaluation of U.S. Building Energy Benchmarking and Transparency Programs: Attributes, Impacts, and Best Practices.
Final report summarizing results of eleven Smart Grid Investment Grant funded consumer behavior studies of time-based rates
Since 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the electric power industry have jointly invested over $7.9 billion in 99 cost-shared Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) projects.
WEBINAR: Regulatory Incentives and Disincentives for Utility Investments in Grid Modernization
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) presents a free webinar on May 31, 2017, to discuss a new report, Regulatory Incentives and Disincentives for Utility Investments in Grid Modernization.
EM&V Webinar: Advances in Efficiency EM&V - DOE's Uniform Methods Project and M&V 2.0
On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, Berkeley Lab will host a new webinar in the series on Evaluation, Measurement and Verification (EM&V) for Energy Efficiency: Advances in Efficiency EM&V: DOE's Uniform Methods Project and M&V 2.0.
Berkeley Lab report estimates remaining market potential of U.S. ESCO industry
We are pleased to announce the release of a new Berkeley Lab report, entitled Updated Estimates of the Remaining Market Potential of the U.S.
New collaborative NREL/LBNL report analyzes wind's LCOE and wind turbine price drivers
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2015 Cost of Wind Energy Review. This report uses data from representative utility-scale projects commissioned in 2015 to estimate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for land-based wind plants in the United States, and extrapolates U.S. offshore wind cost estimates using data from comparable European sites.
New Berkeley Lab Report Quantifies Financial Impacts of a Combined Energy Efficiency and Net-Metered PV Portfolio on Utility Shareholders and Ratepayers
We are pleased to announce the release of a new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) examining the financial impacts of a combined portfolio of energy efficiency (EE) and distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems on a prototypical northeast utility's shareholders and ratepayers. The report also considers business model reforms that could be pursued by utilities and regulators to mitigate the
Webinar: Financial Impacts of a Combined EE and Net-Metered PV Portfolio on Utility Shareholders and Ratepayers
The EMP Group will host a free webinar on May 11, 2017 presenting the key findings of a new report, Financial Impacts of a Combined Energy Efficiency and Net-Metered PV Portfolio on a Prototypical Northeast Utility.
New Berkeley Lab report compares the resource risk of renewable and gas-fired generation
Berkeley Lab is pleased to announce the release of a new report: "Using Probability of Exceedance to Compare the Resource Risk of Renewable and Gas-Fired Generation."
Webinar: The Future of Centrally Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) presents a free, 90 minute webinar on March 24, 2017, to discuss a new report, The Future of Centrally-Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets.
EM&V Webinar: Introduction to Wholesale and Retail Demand Response with a Focus on Measurement and Verification
The next EM&V Webinar, Introduction to Wholesale and Retail Demand Response with a Focus on Measurement and Verification, will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2017.
Berkeley Lab Report Says Solar Homes with Leased Systems Sell for the Same as Non-Solar Homes
There are over 500,000 homes in America with solar power systems that are owned by a third party, the largest portion of which are leased to homeowners. To-date it has been unclear how the real estate market values these systems.
A new study finds that when such homes are sold, they don't attract a premium over homes without solar power, but nor do they sell for less.
Webinar: Putting the Potential Rate Impacts of Distributed Solar into Context
The EMP Group will host a webinar on February 2nd at 11:00 am (Pacific Time) to highlight key findings of its new study, Putting the Potential Rate Impacts of Distributed Solar into Context.
EM&V Webinar: Consistency and Coordination of Energy Efficiency EM&V Reporting
The next EM&V Webinar, Consistency and Coordination of Energy Efficiency EM&V and Reporting, will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2017.
Webinar: Capturing the Sun: A Roadmap for Navigating Data-Access Challenges and Auto-Populating Solar Home Sales Listings
Register now for a free webinar on Thursday, January 26, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (Noon to 1:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time), that will highlight key findings from Berkeley Lab's latest report titled Capturing the Sun: A Roadmap for Navigating Data-Access Challenges and Auto-Populating Solar Home Sales Listings.
New Federal Energy Roadmap Features Berkeley Lab Research
A newly released study from a task force of federal agencies, led by U.S.
New Berkeley Lab report describes how public utility commission (PUC) staff evaluate the economics of proposed investments in power system resilience
The EMP Group is pleased to announce the release of a new Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) report, titled "Evaluating Proposed Investments in Power System Reliability and Resilience: Preliminary Results from Interviews wi
Webinar: New Study on Demand Charge Savings from Residential Solar
Berkeley Lab and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 to highlight findings from a new joint study, Exploring Demand Charge Savings from Residential Solar.
New study on the costs, benefits, and impacts of state RPS programs
The EMP Group is pleased to announce a new study, A Prospective Analysis of the Costs, Benefits, and Impacts of U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards, conducted jointly by Berkeley Lab and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This is the third in a series of reports exploring the potential costs, benefits, and other impacts of state renewable portfolio standards (RPS). Prior studies in the series have examined the historical effects of RPS programs. This new report, instead, evaluates RPS policies prospectively, under both a continuation of existing policies as well as possible expansions.