# Work Citing PUDL and other Catalyst Analyses

Academic, policy, and industry publications that reference PUDL and analyses done by Catalyst Cooperative.

## Book

1. Joshua A. Basseches. *Owning the Green Grid: The Political Economy of Renewable Energy Policy Design*. MIT Press, June 2026. ISBN 978-0-262-05360-0. Google-Books-ID: bQSJEQAAQBAJ.
2. Cheyney O'Fallon and Avi Gopstein. *Quantifying Operational Resilience Benefits of the Smart Grid*. Department of Commerce. National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2021. URL: [https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2137](https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2137), [doi:10.6028/NIST.TN.2137](https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2137).

## Conference Paper

1. Jason Landsborough, Neil C Rowe, and Thuy D Nguyen. Database Deception using Large Language Models. In *2025 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference Workshops (ACSAC Workshops)*. 2025. URL: [https://faculty.nps.edu/ncrowe/WAITI_Data_based_deception_paper.pdf](https://faculty.nps.edu/ncrowe/WAITI_Data_based_deception_paper.pdf).
2. Bavly Hanna, Guandong Xu, Xianzhi Wang, and Jahangir Hossain. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Affordable and Clean Energy: Advancing UN Sustainable Development Goal 7. In *2024 11th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC)*, 1–9. 2024. [doi:10.1109/BESC64747.2024.10780659](https://doi.org/10.1109/BESC64747.2024.10780659).

## Dataset

1. Samuel Dotson, Lee Shaver, and James Gignac. Storing the Future: A modeling analysis of Illinois storage needs. 2024. Version Number: V1. URL: [https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7QRME4](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7QRME4), [doi:10.7910/DVN/7QRME4](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7QRME4).

## Expert Testimony

1. William D. Kenworthy, Curt Volkmann, and Boratha Tan. Direct Testimony and Exhibits of William D. Kenworthy, Curt Volkmann, and Boratha Tan on behalf of The Ecology Center, The Environmental Law & Policy Center, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Vote Solar. August 2025. Issue: Case U-21860. URL: [https://mi-psc.my.site.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068cs000016rwhrAAA](https://mi-psc.my.site.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068cs000016rwhrAAA).

## Journal or News Article

1. Jeremiah X Johnson, Cameron Wade, Michael Blackhurst, Joseph F DeCarolis, Anderson R de Queiroz, I Daniel Posen, and Paulina Jaramillo. Power system costs and emissions from data center and cryptocurrency mining expansion in the United States. *Environmental Research Letters*, 21(11):114007, June 2026. URL: [https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6c3d](https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6c3d) (visited on 2026-07-13), [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ae6c3d](https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6c3d).
2. Drew A. Kassel, Joshua Rhodes, and Dr. Michael E. Webber. A Method for Assessing Economic, Environmental, and Reliability Tradeoffs of Interregional Transmission Connecting ERCOT (the Texas Grid) to the Eastern and Western Grids. *Applied Energy*, February 2026. \_eprinttype: ssrn. URL: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261925017453](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261925017453), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.5258850](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5258850).
3. Jun Wen Law, Bryan K. Mignone, and Dharik S. Mallapragada. Decarbonization pathways for liquid fuels: A multi-sector energy system perspective. *Sustainable Energy Fuels*, April 2026. \_eprint: 2511.19159. URL: [https://pubs.rsc.org/se/article/10/10/2495/1239348/Decarbonization-pathways-for-liquid-fuels-a-multi](https://pubs.rsc.org/se/article/10/10/2495/1239348/Decarbonization-pathways-for-liquid-fuels-a-multi), [doi:10.48550/arXiv.2511.19159](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.19159).
4. Kevin McCormack, Ethan Gallup, Palash Panja, Eric Edelman, Pratt Rogers, Kody Powell, and Brian McPherson. A Life Cycle Costing Approach of Potential Carbon Capture and Storage at the Hunter Unit 3 Coal-Fired Power Plant, Utah. *Energies*, 2026. URL: [https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/19/9/2010](https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/19/9/2010), [doi:10.3390/en19092010](https://doi.org/10.3390/en19092010).
5. Kamran Tehranchi, Trevor Barnes, Martha Frysztacki, and Ines M L Azevedo. Costs and Benefits of Transmission Investments in the United States under Different Policy Scenarios. *Environmental Research Letters*, 2026. URL: [http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aea586](http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aea586) (visited on 2026-09-16), [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aea586](https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aea586).
6. Max Vanatta, Brian Sergi, Wesley Cole, Paul Denholm, and Trieu Mai. The past, present, and future of peaking thermal power plants in the United States. *iScience*, March 2026. URL: [https://www.cell.com/iscience/abstract/S2589-0042(26)00261-0](https://www.cell.com/iscience/abstract/S2589-0042(26)00261-0) (visited on 2026-03-30), [doi:10.1016/j.isci.2026.114886](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.114886).
7. Jesse Buchsbaum and Jenya Kahn-Lang. What’s happening to electricity affordability? in Five charts. *Resources for the Future*, August 2025. URL: [https://www.resources.org/archives/whats-happening-to-electricity-affordability-in-five-charts/](https://www.resources.org/archives/whats-happening-to-electricity-affordability-in-five-charts/).
8. Steve Cicala. Restructuring the Rate Base. *AEA Papers and Proceedings*, 115:363–68, May 2025. URL: [https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pandp.20251112](https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pandp.20251112), [doi:10.1257/pandp.20251112](https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20251112).
9. Austyn Gaffney. Science Data May Soon Vanish From Government Websites. *The New York Times*, March 2025. URL: [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/climate/government-websites-climate-environment-data.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/climate/government-websites-climate-environment-data.html).
10. Gautam Gowrisankaran, Ashley Langer, and Wendan Zhang. Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards. *Journal of Political Economy*, 133(6):1757–1795, 2025. URL: [https://doi.org/10.1086/734779](https://doi.org/10.1086/734779), [doi:10.1086/734779](https://doi.org/10.1086/734779).
11. Jacques Henno. Datas : la résistance s'organise face à la censure de Trump. *Les Echos*, May 2025. URL: [https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/sciences-prospective/datas-la-resistance-sorganise-face-a-la-censure-de-trump-2164763](https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/sciences-prospective/datas-la-resistance-sorganise-face-a-la-censure-de-trump-2164763).
12. Drew A. Kassel, Joshua D. Rhodes, and Michael E. Webber. A Method to Analyze the Costs and Emissions Tradeoffs of Connecting ERCOT to WECC. *Applied Energy*, January 2025. URL: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261924021159](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261924021159), [doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124732](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124732).
13. Jun Wen Law, Bryan K. Mignone, and Dharik S. Mallapragada. Role of Technology Flexibility and Grid Coupling on Hydrogen Deployment in Net-Zero Energy Systems. *Environmental Science & Technology*, 59(10):4974–4988, 2025. URL: [https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c12166](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c12166), [doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c12166](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c12166).
14. Aneesha Manocha, Gabriel Mantegna, Neha Patankar, and Jesse D Jenkins. Reducing transmission expansion by co-optimizing sizing of wind, solar, storage and grid connection capacity. *Environmental Research: Energy*, 2(1):015011, February 2025. URL: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/adafab](https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/adafab), [doi:10.1088/2753-3751/adafab](https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/adafab).
15. Scott J. Mulligan. Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites. *MIT Technology Review*, February 2025. URL: [https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111328/inside-the-race-to-archive-the-us-governments-websites/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111328/inside-the-race-to-archive-the-us-governments-websites/).
16. Greg Schivley, Aurora Barone, Michael Blackhurst, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Jesse Jenkins, Oleg Lugovoy, Qian Luo, Michael J Roberts, Rangrang Zheng, Cameron Wade, and Matthias Fripp. Process and policy insights from an intercomparison of open electricity system capacity expansion models. *Environmental Research: Energy*, 2(4):045006, November 2025. URL: [https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ade548](https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ade548), [doi:10.1088/2753-3751/ade548](https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ade548).
17. Madalsa Singh, Alison Ong, and Rayan Sud. Wires and fire: Wildfire investment and network cost differences across California’s power providers. *The Electricity Journal*, 38(3):107475, 2025. URL: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061902500020X](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061902500020X), [doi:10.1016/j.tej.2025.107475](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2025.107475).
18. Carlyn Zwarenstein. Trump is gutting environmental data, obscuring climate and pollution risks to the public. *Salon*, February 2025. URL: [https://www.salon.com/2025/02/27/is-gutting-environmental-data-obscuring-climate-and-pollution-risks-to-the-public/](https://www.salon.com/2025/02/27/is-gutting-environmental-data-obscuring-climate-and-pollution-risks-to-the-public/).
19. Anna F Jacobson, Denise L Mauzerall, and Jesse D Jenkins. Quantifying the impact of energy system model resolution on siting, cost, reliability, and emissions for electricity generation. *Environmental Research: Energy*, 1(3):035009, September 2024. URL: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad6d6f](https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad6d6f), [doi:10.1088/2753-3751/ad6d6f](https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad6d6f).
20. Sam van der Jagt, Neha Patankar, and Jesse D. Jenkins. Understanding the role and design space of demand sinks in low-carbon power systems. *Energy and Climate Change*, 5:100132, 2024. URL: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666278724000084](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666278724000084), [doi:10.1016/j.egycc.2024.100132](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egycc.2024.100132).
21. Katherine H. Jordan, Luke R. Dennin, Peter J. Adams, Paulina Jaramillo, and Nicholas Z. Muller. Climate Policy Reduces Racial Disparities in Air Pollution from Transportation and Power Generation. *Environmental Science & Technology*, 58(49):21510–21522, 2024. URL: [https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c03719](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c03719), [doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c03719](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c03719).
22. Lucas W. Davis, Catherine Hausman, and Nancy L. Rose. Transmission Impossible? Prospects for Decarbonizing the U.S. Grid. *Journal of Economic Perspectives*, 37(4):155–80, December 2023. URL: [https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.37.4.155](https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.37.4.155), [doi:10.1257/jep.37.4.155](https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.37.4.155).
23. Gregory J. Miller, Gailin Pease, Wenbo Shi, and Alan Jenn. Evaluating the hourly emissions intensity of the U.S. electricity system. *Environmental Research Letters*, 18(4):044020, April 2023. URL: [https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acc119](https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acc119), [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acc119](https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acc119).
24. Jacob A Schwartz, Wilson Ricks, Egemen Kolemen, and Jesse D Jenkins. The value of fusion energy to a decarbonized United States electric grid. *Joule*, 7(4):675–699, 2023. URL: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435123000752](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435123000752), [doi:10.1016/j.joule.2023.02.006](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.02.006).
25. Xiaodong Zhang, Dalia Patino-Echeverri, Mingquan Li, and Libo Wu. A Review of Publicly Available Data Sources for Models to Study Renewables Integration in China's Power System. *Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews*, 159:112215, May 2022. URL: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032122001381](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032122001381), [doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112215](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112215).
26. Priya L. Donti and J. Zico Kolter. Machine Learning for Sustainable Energy Systems. *Annual Review of Environment and Resources*, 46(1):719–747, 2021. URL: [https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020220-061831](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020220-061831), [doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-020220-061831](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020220-061831).
27. Daniel Huppmann, Matthew J Gidden, Zebedee Nicholls, Jonas Hörsch, Robin Lamboll, Paul N Kishimoto, Thorsten Burandt, Oliver Fricko, Edward Byers, Jarmo Kikstra, and others. Pyam: Analysis and visualisation of integrated assessment and macro-energy scenarios. *Open Research Europe*, September 2021. URL: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354302045_pyam_Analysis_and_visualisation_of_integrated_assessment_and_macro-energy_scenarios](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354302045_pyam_Analysis_and_visualisation_of_integrated_assessment_and_macro-energy_scenarios), [doi:10.12688/openreseurope.13633.2](https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.13633.2).
28. Ari Peskoe. Is the Utility Transmission Syndicate Forever? *Energy Law Journal*, 2021. URL: [https://www.eba-net.org/assets/1/6/5_-_%5BPeskoe%5D%5B1-66%5D.pdf](https://www.eba-net.org/assets/1/6/5_-_%5BPeskoe%5D%5B1-66%5D.pdf) (visited on 2021-11-01), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.3770740](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3770740).
29. John E.T. Bistline and James H. Merrick. Parameterizing open-source energy models: Statistical learning to estimate unknown power plant attributes. *Applied Energy*, 269:114941, 2020. URL: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261920304530](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261920304530) (visited on 2021-11-01), [doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114941](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114941).
30. Joseph F. DeCarolis, Paulina Jaramillo, Jeremiah X. Johnson, David L. McCollum, Evelina Trutnevyte, David C. Daniels, Gökçe Akın-Olçum, Joule Bergerson, Soolyeon Cho, Joon-Ho Choi, Michael T. Craig, Anderson R. de Queiroz, Hadi Eshraghi, Christopher S. Galik, Timothy G. Gutowski, Karl R. Haapala, Bri-Mathias Hodge, Simi Hoque, Jesse D. Jenkins, Alan Jenn, Daniel J. A. Johansson, Noah Kaufman, Juha Kiviluoma, Zhenhong Lin, Heather L. MacLean, Eric Masanet, Mohammad S. Masnadi, Colin A. McMillan, Destenie S. Nock, Neha Patankar, Dalia Patino-Echeverri, Greg Schivley, Sauleh Siddiqui, Amanda D. Smith, Aranya Venkatesh, Gernot Wagner, Sonia Yeh, and Yuyu Zhou. Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Collaborative Macro-energy System Modeling Efforts. *Joule*, 4(12):2523–2526, December 2020. URL: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.002](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.002), [doi:10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.002](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.002).

## Master’s Thesis

1. Kaviyarasan Ganesamoorthy. From Least-Cost to Least-Conflict: Quantifying the Price of Preference in Clean Energy Siting - ProQuest. Master's thesis, SUNY Binghamton, Greater Binghamton, New York, May 2026. URL: [https://www.proquest.com/openview/a69d2ed7df60715fe2eeee10d6ef3818/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y](https://www.proquest.com/openview/a69d2ed7df60715fe2eeee10d6ef3818/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y) (visited on 2026-09-16).
2. Tom Emil Ittner. Coal Generator Retirements and Electricity Prices: A Utility-level Analysis in the United States - ProQuest. Master's thesis, University of Texas at Dallas, April 2026. URL: [https://www.proquest.com/openview/4e23fa70c8b595c84ea3f27d61df8ad6/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y](https://www.proquest.com/openview/4e23fa70c8b595c84ea3f27d61df8ad6/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y) (visited on 2026-07-13).
3. Ivy Seidel. Investigating nuclear energy viability with decision making model GenX. Master's thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025. URL: [https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/items/d955baeb-1418-4a17-823a-45451ffb27ed](https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/items/d955baeb-1418-4a17-823a-45451ffb27ed).

## PhD Thesis

1. Brandon Charles. *Three Essays on Governing the Energy Transition at the State and Local Levels - ProQuest*. PhD thesis, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, May 2026. URL: [https://www.proquest.com/openview/32fb6e761761226e2fa23fb2e9599ba7/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y](https://www.proquest.com/openview/32fb6e761761226e2fa23fb2e9599ba7/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y) (visited on 2026-09-16).
2. Bavly Samy Helmy Hanna. *Leveraging industry 4.0 enabled technologies to achieve UN sustainable development goals*. PhD Thesis, University of Technology Sydney, 2025. URL: [http://hdl.handle.net/10453/190581](http://hdl.handle.net/10453/190581).
3. Anna FL Jacobson. *Structural Uncertainty in Energy Systems Models: Techniques for Mitigation and Impact Quantification*. PhD Thesis, Princeton University, 2025. URL: [http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01cv43p128p](http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01cv43p128p).
4. Andrew McKinley. *Short Circuited: Costly Transitions under The Clean Air Act*. PhD Thesis, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, August 2025. Backup Publisher: Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. URL: [https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4972091](https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4972091), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.4972091](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4972091).
5. Katherine Halloran Jordan. *An Energy Systems Model Approach to US Decarbonization: Technological Solutions, Policy Pathways, and Equity Outcomes*. PhD Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, 2024.

## Report

1. Bridget Moynihan, Chirag Lala, Sarah Knuth, Kira McDonald, Dustin Mulvaney, and Batul Hassan. A New Era of Manufacturing for Public Good: The Case for the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative. Report, Climate and Community Institute, April 2026. URL: [https://climateandcommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/A-New-Era-of-Manufacturing-for-Public-Good-report-.pdf](https://climateandcommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/A-New-Era-of-Manufacturing-for-Public-Good-report-.pdf).
2. Mike O'Boyle, Priya Sreedharan, Cara Goldenberg, Fritz Kahrl, Katie Pickrell, Brendan Pierpont, and Ric O'Connell. Making California’s Electricity Cheaper: An Affordability Agenda for the Golden State. Technical Report, GridLab and Energy Innovation, September 2026. URL: [https://energyinnovation.org/report/making-californias-electricity-cheaper-an-affordability-agenda-for-the-golden-state/](https://energyinnovation.org/report/making-californias-electricity-cheaper-an-affordability-agenda-for-the-golden-state/) (visited on 2026-09-16).
3. Rina Palta, Max Shron, Alex Smith, and Juan-Pablo Velez. Blending Hydrogen and Natural Gas: A road to nowhere for New Jersey. Technical Report, SwitchBox, 2025. URL: [https://www.switch.box/gh2nj](https://www.switch.box/gh2nj).
4. John D. Wilson, Zach Zimmerman, and Rob Gramlich. Strategic Industries Surging: Driving US Power Demand. Technical Report, Grid Strategies LLC, December 2024. URL: [https://gridstrategiesllc.com/wp-content/uploads/National-Load-Growth-Report-2024.pdf](https://gridstrategiesllc.com/wp-content/uploads/National-Load-Growth-Report-2024.pdf).
5. John D. Wilson and Zach Zimmerman. The era of flat power demand is over. Technical Report, Grid Strategies LLC, December 2023. URL: [https://gridstrategiesllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/National-Load-Growth-Report-2023.pdf](https://gridstrategiesllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/National-Load-Growth-Report-2023.pdf).
6. Tyler Fitch. Carbon Stranding: Climate Risk and Stranded Assets in Duke's Integrated Resource Plan. Technical Report, Energy Transition Institute, January 2021. URL: [https://votesolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ETI_CarbonStrandingReport_2021.pdf](https://votesolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ETI_CarbonStrandingReport_2021.pdf) (visited on 2021-10-14).
7. Eric Gimon, Amanda Meyers, and Mike O'Boyle. Coal Cost Crossover 2.0. Technical Report, Energy Innovation, 2021. URL: [https://energyinnovation.org/publication/the-coal-cost-crossover-2021/](https://energyinnovation.org/publication/the-coal-cost-crossover-2021/) (visited on 2021-10-14).
8. Jonathan Sims, Catharina Hillenbrand von der Neyen, Durand D‘souza, Lily Chau, Nicolás González-Jiménez, and Lorenzo Sani. Put Gas On Standby. Technical Report, Carbon Tracker Initiative, 2021. URL: [https://carbontracker.org/reports/put-gas-on-standby/](https://carbontracker.org/reports/put-gas-on-standby/) (visited on 2021-10-30).
9. Steven Dahlke, Mahesh Morjaria, Vahan Gevorgian, and Barry Mather. The Economics of Flexible Solar for Electricity Markets in Transition. Technical Report, First Solar, 2020. URL: [https://www.firstsolar.com/es-CSA/-/media/First-Solar/Documents/Grid-Evolution/The_Economics_of_Flexible_Solar_for_Electricity_Markets_in_Transition.ashx](https://www.firstsolar.com/es-CSA/-/media/First-Solar/Documents/Grid-Evolution/The_Economics_of_Flexible_Solar_for_Electricity_Markets_in_Transition.ashx) (visited on 2021-11-01).
10. Eric Gimon, Mike O'Boyle, Christopher T. M. Clack, and Sarah A. McKee. The Coal Cost Crossover: Economic Viability of Existing Coal Compared to New Local Wind and Solar Resources. Technical Report, Energy Innovation and Vibrant Clean Energy, 2019. URL: [https://energyinnovation.org/publication/the-coal-cost-crossover/](https://energyinnovation.org/publication/the-coal-cost-crossover/) (visited on 2021-10-14).
11. Ron Lehr. Utility Transition Financial Impacts: From Fossil to Clean. Technical Report, Energy Innovation, 2018. URL: [https://energyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/From-Fossil-to-Clean-Brief_12.3.18.pdf](https://energyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/From-Fossil-to-Clean-Brief_12.3.18.pdf) (visited on 2021-10-15).

## SSRN Scholarly Paper

1. Wei Ai, Jacqueline A. Dowling, and Michael Craig. Delineating the Roles of Hydrogen-based Flexibility Pathways. August 2026. URL: [https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=7321278](https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=7321278) (visited on 2026-09-16), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.7321278](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7321278).
2. Saeid Derakhshani Koshki. Do Electric Vehicles Reduce Carbon Emissions? A State-Level Analysis of the U.S. Power Grid. July 2026. URL: [https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=7039878](https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=7039878) (visited on 2026-09-16), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.7039878](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7039878).
3. Saeid Derakhshani Koshki. Electric Vehicle Charging Behavior and Grid Reliability: A 50-State Analysis of Peak Demand and Infrastructure Requirements, 2026 to 2040. June 2026. URL: [https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=6964638](https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=6964638) (visited on 2026-07-13), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.6964638](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6964638).
4. Hao Zhao. Burnout to Buildout: Coal Exit and the Geography of Transition Costs. February 2026. URL: [https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=6225898](https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=6225898) (visited on 2026-07-13), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.6225898](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6225898).

## Undergraduate Thesis

1. Bill Zheng. *Mandates, Markets, and Megawatts: An Empirical Analysis of the Causal Effects of State-level Energy Storage Mandates on Utility-scale Battery Storage Deployment in the United States*. Undergraduate Thesis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2026. URL: [https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/qss_senior_theses/17](https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/qss_senior_theses/17).

## White Paper

1. Akash Chougule, Les Ford, Luca Gattoni-Celli, Grant Dever, Gregg Girvan, Michael Tanner, and Renu Mukherjee. Affording the American Dream: Making Everyday Life More Attainable for Every American - FREOPP. White Paper, The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, September 2026. URL: [https://freopp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AffordingTheAmericanDream_Digital.pdf#page=28](https://freopp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AffordingTheAmericanDream_Digital.pdf#page=28) (visited on 2026-09-29).

## Working Paper

1. Steven Dahlke. Power Plant Economics and Data Availability for the Energy Transition. Working Paper, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, SSRN, January 2026. URL: [https://ssrn.com/abstract=6103410](https://ssrn.com/abstract=6103410) (visited on 2026-03-30), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.6103410](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6103410).
2. Fischer J. Espiritu Argosino and Christopher R. Knittel. Renewables and Electricity Affordability: Untangling Correlation from Causation. Working Paper 2025-22, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, December 2025. URL: [https://ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MIT-CEEPR-WP-2025-22.pdf](https://ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MIT-CEEPR-WP-2025-22.pdf) (visited on 2026-03-30).
3. Alida Johannsen and Sebastian Schwenen. Temperature Shocks, Cash Windfalls and Efficiency. August 2025. URL: [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5371960](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5371960), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.5371960](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5371960).
4. Yifei Liu. Market Structure and Transmission Investments in U.S. Electricity Markets. Working Paper, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, September 2025. URL: [https://yifei-liu-yl.github.io/YLiu_Market_Dispatch_Transmission_Investment.pdf](https://yifei-liu-yl.github.io/YLiu_Market_Dispatch_Transmission_Investment.pdf).
5. Kristina Pitman and Ben Gilbert. The Distributional Effects of Renewable Energy, a Plant-level Analysis. November 2025. URL: [https://ideas.repec.org/p/mns/wpaper/wp202501.html](https://ideas.repec.org/p/mns/wpaper/wp202501.html), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.5690682](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5690682).
6. Kristina Pitman and Ben Gilbert. The Impact of Trade on Emissions Responses to Renewable Supply Variation. October 2025. URL: [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5690663](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5690663), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.5690663](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5690663).
7. Candise Henry, Jared Woollacott, Alison Bean de Hernández, Andrew Schreiber, and David A. Evans. Construction and Application of the Micro-level Engineering, Environmental, and Economic Detail of Electricity (MEEDE) Dataset, Version 2. Working Paper 2023-03, Environmental Protection Agency National Center for Environmental Economics, March 2023. URL: [https://www.epa.gov/environmental-economics/construction-and-application-micro-level-engineering-environmental-and](https://www.epa.gov/environmental-economics/construction-and-application-micro-level-engineering-environmental-and).
8. Gautam Gowrisankaran, Ashley Langer, and Wendan Zhang. Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards. Working Paper 30297, National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2022. Series: Working Paper Series. URL: [http://www.nber.org/papers/w30297](http://www.nber.org/papers/w30297), [doi:10.3386/w30297](https://doi.org/10.3386/w30297).

## Other

1. Wei Ai, Vladimir Dvorkin, and Michael T. Craig. Economic Valuation and Optimal Deployment of Static Synchronous Series Compensators for U.S. Power System Expansion. May 2026. \_eprint: 2605.00734. URL: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00734](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00734), [doi:10.48550/arXiv.2605.00734](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.00734).
2. Trevor Barnes, Kamran Tehranchi, Brad Reinholz, Malcolm Metcalfe, and Taco Niet. Near-Term Emission Targets Need Immediate Attention in the USA. July 2026. arXiv:2607.01471 [physics.soc-ph]. URL: [http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01471](http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01471) (visited on 2026-07-13), [doi:10.48550/arXiv.2607.01471](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.01471).
3. Michael James Bommarito. OpenMPSC: An Open Dataset of Michigan Public Service Commission Regulatory Proceedings. 2026. URL: [https://ssrn.com/abstract=6684220](https://ssrn.com/abstract=6684220).
4. Michael Craig, Wei Ai, and Jacqueline Dowling. Resolving the Mechanism and Value of Hydrogen-Based Seasonal Flexibility. March 2026. ISSN: 2693-5015. URL: [https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8875261/v1](https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8875261/v1) (visited on 2026-03-30), [doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-8875261/v1](https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8875261/v1).
5. Asa Watten, John Bistline, and Geoffrey Blanford. Have Data Centers Raised Your Electric Bill? Causal Evidence from the United States. June 2026. arXiv:2606.19777 [physics.soc-ph]. URL: [http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.19777](http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.19777) (visited on 2026-07-13), [doi:10.48550/arXiv.2606.19777](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.19777).
6. Jinyan Zhao, Grigorios Lavrentiadis, and Domniki Asimaki. Scalable Gaussian Process for Learning Non-Ergodic Ground Motion Model from Physics-Based Simulations with Application to Power Infrastructure Assessment. May 2026. arXiv:2605.24284 [stat.AP]. URL: [http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24284](http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24284) (visited on 2026-07-13), [doi:10.48550/arXiv.2605.24284](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.24284).
7. Greg Schivley, Ethan Welty, Neha Patankar, Anna Jacobson, Qingyu Xu, Aneesha Manocha, Braden Pecora, Riti Bhandarkar, Jesse D. Jenkins, and Matthias Fripp. PowerGenome/PowerGenome: v0.6.3. May 2024. Version Number: v0.6.3 Published: GitHub repository archived on Zenodo. URL: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4426096](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4426096), [doi:10.5281/zenodo.4426096](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4426096).
8. Madalsa Singh, Allison Ong, and Rayan Sud. Trends and drivers of utility costs in California. October 2024. Backup Publisher: Stanford University. URL: [https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4987198](https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4987198), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.4987198](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4987198).
9. Kamran Tehranchi, Trevor Barnes, Martha Frysztacki, and Ines Azevedo. PyPSA-USA: A Flexible Open-Source Energy System Model and Optimization Tool for the United States. November 2024. URL: [https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5029120](https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5029120), [doi:10.2139/ssrn.5029120](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5029120).
10. Rangrang Zheng, Greg Schivley, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Matthias Fripp, and Michael J. Roberts. Optimal transmission expansion minimally reduces decarbonization costs of U.S. electricity. 2024. \_eprint: 2402.14189. URL: [https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.14189](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.14189), [doi:10.48550/arXiv.2402.14189](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.14189).
11. Open Source Climate. Open Source Climate Initiative. Published: Website. URL: [https://www.os-climate.org/](https://www.os-climate.org/) (visited on 2021-10-15).