Data center flexibility NV Energy case study– report
This slidedeck summarizes a study that explores how data center flexibility could be brought into resource adequacy planning. NV Energy is used as a case study to demonstrate the proposed approach.
Gas Turbine Cost Report
The capital costs for new gas combustion turbine (CT) and combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants in the United States have increased significantly in recent years. While anecdotes of these higher costs are becoming more common, the specific data...
GridLab India Weatherdata Webinar
Through a collaboration with RMI, Tata Power, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Electric Power Research Institute, and Vaisala, GridLab is developing datasets and tools that can support power system planning for India.
California Load Management Standard Avoided Distribution Grid Upgrade Study
Smarter deployment of home batteries, electric vehicle chargers, and smart thermostats can help avoid costly grid upgrades up to $13.7 billion in savings for California. The study identified that strategically harnessing distributed energy resources to meet the state’s goal of...
Power System Analysis for Advocacy
Transmission expansion can unlock new lower cost generation, increase system reliability, and reduce pollution. For this reason, it is important for energy advocates of all types to understand and engage in their region’s transmission planning process...
Integrating High-Performance Conductors in Long-Term Transmission Planning
In 2024, Energy Strategies, in partnership with GridWorks and GridLab, completed the Connected West study, an unprecedented long-term western US transmission plan based on high load growth and high energy system decarbonization. One of the scenarios tested in this study...
Right-Sizing Future Electric Transmission Systems
To face this pivotal moment in our energy history energy system planners and regulators need to better synthesize the worlds of electric generation and transmission. This report, "Right-Sizing Future Electric Transmission Systems," highlights that while unprecedented expansion will be necessary...
Eastern Interconnection RA Study – Report
In this collaboration between GridLab and Telos Energy, we evaluated resource adequacy across the Eastern Interconnection using the open-source modeling platform, GridPath, and publicly available datasets. With a near-term study year of 2028, we analyzed the role of interregional transmission...
Eastern Interconnection RA Study – FactSheet
This fact sheet provides critical insights from a study that evaluated resource adequacy across the Eastern Interconnection using the open-source modeling platform, GridPath. With a near-term study year of 2028, we analyzed the role of interregional transmission in mitigating loss...
BPA Advanced Conductors
This report provides a novel methodology for planning regional transmission system upgrades using advanced conductors (ACs) and evaluates their impact on the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) transmission system's reliability and stability. The study highlights that reconductoring existing lines with ACs...