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Addressing Evolving Electricity Systems

Electricity systems in the United States and around the world are currently undergoing rapid evolution due to numerous factors including:

• Evolving resource mixes characterizing the clean energy transition
• Rapid growth in distributed energy resources
• Emerging energy infrastructure interdependencies
• Increasingly frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events

This evolution poses a range of technological, economic, policy and organizational challenges that require innovative solutions to ensure reliable, affordable, resilient and equitable supply of electricity throughout the clean energy transition.

Our Expertise

• Developing advanced power system models to simulate and optimize electricity system operations and planning in response to constantly evolving system conditions.  
• Quantifying the long-term cost-benefit tradeoffs of evolving wholesale electricity market designs.
• Ensuring power system reliability, resilience, affordability and equity of access throughout the ongoing transition to a fully decarbonized electricity system.
• Drawing upon world class computing resources to conduct in-depth data analysis that informs real-world decision making.
• Transferring knowledge to enhance energy planning in countries around the world, thereby improving energy access in traditionally underserved regions and supporting the global clean energy transition.