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] . All-Source Competitive Solicitations: State and Electric Utility Practices. . 2021. 
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Report PDF (1.85 MB) Presentation PDF (1.73 MB). Benefit-Cost Analysis for Utility-Facing Grid Modernization Investments: Trends, Challenges, and Considerations. 2021. Report PDF (1.78 MB) Presentation PDF (1.28 MB)
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Brief PDF (427.14 KB). Expanding the Scope of Commercial Opportunities for Investor-Owned Electric Utilities. 2021. Report PDF (872.6 KB)
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Report PDF (872.6 KB). "Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050." Nature Energy (2021).
. Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector. 2021. Report PDF (1.61 MB) 
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. Solar-to-Grid: Trends in System Impacts, Reliability, and Market Value in the United States with Data Through 2019. 2021. Report PDF (4.55 MB) Briefing PDF (3.82 MB) User Guide for Data File PDF (745.11 KB) 
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Memo V4.0 (2021-4-9) PDF (264.08 KB) Codebook V4.0 (2021-4-9 ) XLS (15.73 KB). "Western States Training Webinars on Integrated Distribution System Planning." 2021. Announcement and Trainer Bios (475.36 KB) Integration, Management, and Control of Supply-Side DER (2.07 MB) Demand Flexibility Technology, New Programs and Emerging Policies (2.84 MB) Grid Modernization and Resilience Planning (2.64 MB) Grid Modernization Investment Economics (1.62 MB) Planning for Energy Storage (2.7 MB) Storage for Integration and Hybrid Power Plants (2.47 MB) Agenda for Western States Roundtable: Policy and Regulatory Issues for Utility Investments in Grid Modernization (406.23 KB)
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. "Analysis of curtailment at The Geysers geothermal Field, California." Geothermics 87 (2020) 101871.
. Applying Non-Energy Impacts from Other Jurisdictions in Cost-Benefit Analyses of Energy Efficiency Programs: Resources for States for Utility Customer-Funded Programs. 2020. Report PDF (1.19 MB)
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