NASEO GEB Resources

National GEB Roadmap: U.S. DOE, A National Roadmap for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (May 2021)

U.S. DOE, Connected Communities (overview presentation)

NASEO, "Demand Flexibility and Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings 101" (September 2022)

What's new? 

• Upcoming:

  • Upcoming forums are limited to state Working Group members. Please contact geb@naseo.org with questions.

• Recent:

  • NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: (1) ASHRAE Grid-interactive Buildings for Decarbonization: Design and Operation Resource Guide and (2) GridOptimal Findings and Experience - September 20, 2023: The New Buildings Institute provided a preview of the upcoming ASHRAE GEB for Decarbonization resource guide and discussed real world findings and experience with pilot applications of the GridOptimal suite of metrics on building "grid friendliness." A link to the presentation slides can be found here. 
  • DOE Releases New Report on Pathways to Commercial Liftoff for Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)
  • CalFlexHub Symposium - November 3, 2023 hybrid event advancing load flexible technologies for the state of California. Moving from static to dynamic energy management for all (and November 2 onsite tour and networking, Berkeley, CA).
  • LBNL and the Brattle Group, U.S. Building Sector Decarbonization Scenarios to 2050 includes extensive consideration of demand flexibility as well as efficiency and electrification measures.
  • From the NASEO-NARUC Microgrids Working Group: State Microgrid Policy, Programmatic, and Regulatory Framework and view an online interactive version (and news release)
  • NYSERDA announces $18M NextGen Buildings Innovation Challenge for projects that offer advanced building technologies for clean HVAC systems, building envelopes, and controls, including a new challenge area to advance intelligent building control solutions -- development and commercialization of technologies that manage energy assets and electrical loads that will further enable decarbonization and electrification. Informational webinar August 15 2023, 1:00pm ET and proposal submission workshop August 22, 2023, 1:00pm ET. The application deadline is September 27, 2023, 3:00pm ET.
  • NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: Connected Communities - July 26, 2023: This Forum featured Cindy Regnier (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [LBNL]) providing an overview of the U.S. DOE-supported Connected Communities initiative and LBNL's role as national coordinator (presentation) followed by Alicia Noriega (Edo Energy) discussing the Spokane (WA) Connected Communities Project (presentation) and Scott Schuetter (Slipstream) on Connecting Communities for Sustainable Solutions (Madison, WI) (presentation).
  • California Energy Commission, Workshop on Virtual Power Plants and Demand Flexibility: Identifying R&D Needs - July 18, 2023: CEC hosted a staff workshop to identify research needs to advance the use of VPP approaches for increased demand flexibility. The workshop focused on community-owned VPP models and included a panel session with presentations from industry representatives such as load-serving entities and their technology service providers. Input received will be used to inform the development of future solicitations related to the Electric Program Investment Charge 2021-2025 Investment Plan (EPIC 4 Investment Plan). Presentation and recording are available at the event page.
  • DOE Better Buildings and Rocky Mountain Institute webinar: Identifying Cost-Effective Energy Efficiency and Load Flexibility Measures Supporting GEB Strategies - July 12, 2023:  The Better Buildings Renewables Integration Technology Research Team and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) discussed findings and recommendations from RMI's Huang, et al. (2023) Cost-Effective Grid Interactive Efficient Buildings: Potential for the WinnCompanies Portfolio on the strategic use of renewables, energy storage, and more in a multifamily building portfolio. Link to webinar slides and recording here.
  • NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group and NARUC Financial Toolkit webinar: Virtual Power Plants, June 21, 2023: This joint webinar discussed virtual power plants (VPP). Ryan Hledik (Brattle Group) provided a VPP overview as well as findings from Real Reliability: The Value of Virtual Power on costs and reliability of VPPs as resource adequacy assets. Franco Albi (Portland General Electric) and Brenda Chew (Virtual Peaker) offered utility and service provider perspectives. (Presentation slides here.)
  • DOE Better Buildings Alliance Renewables Integration GEB-related resources.
  • NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: NREL Energy Efficiency and Demand Flexibility State Potential Study and National Lab TA Update, May 17, 2023: Matt Leach (National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented an overview of state-level energy efficiency (EE) and demand flexibility (DF) potential of selected measures and building types. Study approaches, results, and planned next steps were presented along with considerations of how states and others can use such information to inform planning, policy, and regulations to enhance EE and DF and the benefits they provide. Natalie Mims Frick (Berkeley Lab) provided an update on Lab TA to the states. (Presentation slides here.)
  • The Brattle Group, Real Reliability: The Value of Virtual Power (May 2023) - This report explores the cost and ability to serve critical resource adequacy needs using virtual power plants (VPPs), portfolios of distributed energy resources (DERs) that are actively controlled to provide benefits to the power system, consumers, and the environment.
  • NASEO-NARUC DER Integration and Compensation Initiative Webinar: Grid Modernization Strategies to Accelerate Deployment of DERs, April 13, 2023: Lisa Schwartz (LBNL) shared a national perspective on trends and challenges states are facing in seeking to accelerate DER deployment as part of grid modernization; Paul Heitmann (NJ Board of Public Utilities) discussed the process for developing the New Jersey Grid Modernization Study as well as study recommendations and plans for implementation. Links to slides and recording.
  • NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: Demand Flexibility and Performance-Based Regulation, March 15, 2023, 3:00-4:30 PM ET: Elliott Nethercutt of NARUC presented slides summarizing recent research from a new publication, Demand Flexibility within a Performance-Based Regulatory Framework. The report, which includes case studies from three Working Group states—Colorado, Hawaii, and Vermont—examines demand flexibility implementation and barriers within performance-based regulatory frameworks. Grace Relf of the Hawaii PUC (slides here) and Joan White of the Vermont PUC (slides here) each presented on their state's experience with performance-based regulatory frameworks that have advanced demand flexibility and GEB implementation.
  • NREL Workshop on Modern Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Capabilities and Deployment Considerations was held on March 8, 2023, addressing questions on modern DER technical capabilities, DER deployment concerns, and provides examples of how DERs can benefit different stakeholders. The workshop provided information to regulators and other state decision-makers on topics such as different DER functions and configurations, experience from early deployments, lessons learned from the regulatory perspective, and decision-making considerations in the interconnection process. Agenda can be found here and presentation link is pending.

  • NARUC-SEPA-DOE Workshop "Demystifying Virtual Power Plants: What is a VPP? How are VPPs deployed today? What are the opportunities and challenges for regulators, utilities, and other stakeholders?" February 15, 2023. Presentations and YouTube videos: (1) Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: Reinforcing the Grid with DERs; (2) Millions of Mini Power Plants: What Vehicle-to -Grid Technology Means for Reliability, Resilience, and Affordability on the Grid; (3) Drafting the Blueprint; (4) Implementation

  • NARUC, Demand Flexibility within a Performance-Based Regulatory Framework (February 2023) presents the various components of performance-based regulation and explores how its applications can advance demand flexibility.

  • Connected Communities cohort kick-off meeting "Lessons From Past Connected Communities Projects" session (from November 2, 2022) -- (1) California Advanced Energy Communities; (2) Smart Neighborhoods (Southern Co. Alabama and Georgia) ; (3) AI-Driven Smart Community for Accelerating PV Adoption and Enhancing Grid Resilience (Basalt Vista Community, CO)

  • NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: Cybersecurity and Demand Flexibility/GEB/DERs January 18, 2023. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory experts presented on cybersecurity aspects of demand flexibility and distributed energy resources (presentation). Among resources presented: Facility Cybersecurity resources.

  • NARUC-NASEO Webinar: Grid Investments and Technologies Necessary for FERC Order 2222, January 27, 2023.To implement FERC Order 2222, state and federal policy makers and regulators are evaluating and determining whether and where to establish new rules and requirements as well as enabling policies to bring both distributed energy resources (DERs) and their aggregations onto the electricity system safely, fairly, and reliably. Underpinning these decisions are the technological requirements for enabling DER aggregation. As part of the NARUC-NASEO Distributed Energy Resources Integration and Compensation Initiative, this webinar highlighted a new report developed by the GridWise Alliance. (slides, recording)

  • See also NARUC-NASEO DER-Integration & Compensation Initiative
  • See also reports from the parallel NASEO-NARUC Microgrids State Working Group.

GEB Working Group Technical Assistance calls and resources (participation limited to Working Group states, contact geb@naseo.org for information):

• Pilot Considerations for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings in Hawaii (March 2022) - This brief supports the research, design, and creation of GEB pilots; provides state policymakers, regulatory staff, utilities, and others with information to support GEB pilot design, including a summary of the potential value of GEBs, technology requirements and communication protocols, and cost-effectiveness considerations.
• Pilot Considerations for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings in Washington (November 2021) and August 10, 2021 webinar/meeting Considerations and Approaches for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Pilots (Introductory slides, main presentation, recording.)
• Update on State Technical Assistance Resources and Projects, June 25, 2021, 3:00-4:00pm ET (slides and recording)
• National Lab GEB Technical Assistance, January 11, 2021 (recording, includes GEB Roadmap discussion).
• Demand flexibility valuation TA, webinars June 17, 2020 (recording) and June 30, 2020 (recording) 
• GEB/demand flexibility potential TA, July 17, 2020 presentation and December 7, 2020 Public Buildings and GEB Potential Cohorts joint meeting presentations and recording.
• Public buildings GEB/demand flexibility TA, August 3, 2020 Pubic Buildings Cohort presentations and December 7, 2020 Public Buildings and GEB Potential Cohorts joint meeting presentations and recording.

NASEO documents/resources

• NASEO, "Demand Flexibility and Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings 101" (September 2022)
• NASEO, "State and Local Building Policies and Programs for Energy Efficiency and Demand Flexibility" (February 2021)
• NASEO, "Wringing More Value from Building Energy Operations and Upgrades: Monetizing Demand Flexibility in Public and Institutional Buildings" (February 2021) 
• NASEO, "Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: State Briefing Paper" (October 2019)
• NASEO, "Roadmapping: A Tool for States to Advance Load Flexibility and Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings" (November 2019)
• NASEO, "Considerations for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Pilot Projects" (December 2019)
• NASEO, "Mosaic Gardens at Pomona: An affordably priced and grid-interactive efficient apartment complex"

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. General Services Administration, SEE Action Network, National Laboratories

•  Better Buildings Alliance Renewables Integration GEB-related resources.
• U.S. DOE, Cybersecurity Considerations for Distributed Energy Resource on the U.S. Electric Grid (October 2022) provides recommendations for the DER industry, energy sector, and government to take action and secure current and future systems. 
• U.S. DOE, A National Roadmap for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (May 2021)
• U.S. DOE, Connected Communities (overview presentation)
• U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
  • Profiles of demand response and time-variable pricing programs by state - GEB owners and energy service providers can financially benefit from DR and time-variable pricing that rewards certain demand reduction, shedding, and shifting operations.
  • FEMP on-demand training "Taking Advantage of Demand Response and Time-Variable Pricing Offerings" - offered via the Whole Building Design Guide at no charge but registration required. (A practical complement to NASEO's "Wringing More Value..." report on incorporating DF/GEB into building operations and upgrades.)
• U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, GEB
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: Factsheet
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: Overview
  • Technical reports (and related webinars)

    • Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps GEB Technical Report

    • Whole-Building Controls, Sensors, Modeling, and Analytics GEB Technical Report  (May 19, 2020 webinar slides)

    • Windows and Opaque Envelope GEB Technical Report (June 16, 2020 webinar slides)

    • HVAC, Water Heating, Appliances and Refrigeration GEB Technical Report (June 2, 2020  HVAC webinar slides; June 9, 2020 Water Heating, Appliances, Refrigeration slides)

    • Lighting and Electronics GEB Technical Report (May 26, 2020 webinar slides)

    • Integration - Building Equipment webinar (June 23, 2020 slides)

    • Integration - Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) webinar (June 30, 2020 slides)

• U.S. General Services Administration and associated
  • GSA Sustainable Buildings Tool, GEB Page 
  • GSA and Rocky Mountain Institute, Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager's Guide to Low- and No-cost GEB Measures (June 2021) - September 2, 2021 news release.
  • Dean, J., et al, Blueprint for Integrating Grid-interactive Building Technologies into U.S. General Services Administration Performance Contracts (May 2021)
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings in the Federal Portfolio (March 2021)
  • GSA's Proving Ground Program Selects Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Solutions for Evaluation (July 28, 2020)
  • GSA Green Building Advisory Committee: Federal Building & Grid Integration: Proposed Roadmap and Advice Letter (December 2019)
    • Integrating Public Buildings with the Grid - Ken Sandler (GSA) , February 4, 2020, NASEO Buildings Committee meeting at the 2020 NASEO Energy Policy Outlook Conference and Innovation Summit
  • Rocky Mountain Institute and U.S. General Services Administration, "Value Potential for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings in the GSA Portfolio" (2019)
• SEE Action Network 
  • Determining Utility System Value of Demand Flexibility From Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (April 2020) - slides
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: An Introduction for State and Local Governments (April 2020)
  • Performance Assessments of Demand Flexibility from Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Issues and Considerations (July 2020) - slides
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Electricity Markets and Policy Group
  • LBNL and the Brattle Group, U.S. Building Sector Decarbonization Scenarios to 2050 includes extensive consideration of demand flexibility as well as efficiency and electrification measures.
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  "End-Use Load Profiles for the U.S. Building Stock: Practical Guidance on Accessing and Using the Data". End-use load profiles (EULPs) and savings shapes are  important to utilities, utility commissions, state energy offices, and stakeholders to better value DERs in utility resource planning, state and local energy planning, and programs.
  • L. Schwartz, D. Nemtzow, and N. Mims Frick, 2022, "How to Build a Connected Community: Policies to Promote Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings and Demand Flexibility" (August 2022) presented at ACEEE Summer Study.
  • LBNL Future of Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Drivers and Market Expectations summarizes identified drivers and insights about likely future attributes of building efficiency markets. Demand flexibility and time-differentiated energy savings feature significantly. A webinar held on June 30 (recording): following opening remarks from DOE, the lead author highlighted research findings and moderated a panel discussion of experts and officials. The report is oriented toward policy makers, utility regulators, utilities, the energy efficiency industry, and other stakeholders.
  • LBNL The Role of Innovation in the Electric Utility Sector  provides consumer, labor, utility, third-party provider, and clean technology consultant perspectives on innovation in the context of state regulation of utilities. Report and slides at https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/role-innovation-electric-utility
  • LBNL Time-Sensitive Value Calculator. The Calculator is a publicly available, free, Excel-based tool by Berkeley Lab that estimates the value of energy efficiency and other distributed energy resource (DER) measures using hourly estimates of electricity system costs. Site includes links to the user's manual and April 13, 2022 webinar presentation.
  • State Indicators for Advancing Energy Efficiency and Demand Flexibility in Buildings (presented at GEB Working Group Forum, January 6, 2022) - Link to Forum presentation, slide deck report, and infographic.
  • Time- and Locational-Sensitive Value resources, including end-use load profile and peak demand impacts of energy efficiency resources

  • Western States Training Webinars on Integrated Distribution System Planning series of trainings pertinent to distribution system planning, demand flexibility, DERs, electrification, and grid modernization (2021)

  • Mims Frick, N., et al. (LBNL report), "Locational Value of Distributed Energy Resources" (February 2021)
  • Nubbe, V, et al. (LBNL report), "Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Technology Cost, Performance, and Lifetime Characteristics" (December 2020)
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Franconi, E., M. Rosenberg, and R. Hart (PNNL), Building Energy Codes and Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (October 2021)
  • Holland, C. and J. Homer (PNNL report), Pilot Considerations for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings in Washington (November 2021), prepared by PNNL as part of GEB technical assistance to the State of Washington.
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Distribution System Operator with Transactive (DSO+T) study investigates the engineering and economic performance of a transactive energy retail market coordinating a high penetration of customer-side flexible energy assets. Includes summary, main report, and related volumes (simulation, coordination framework, simulation, valuation and metrics, Austin SHINES case)

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  • Zhou, E. and T. Mai (NREL report), Electrification Futures Study: Operational Analysis of U.S. Power Systems with Increased Electrification and Demand-Side Flexibility (May 2021) -- news release.

  • Olgyay, V., S. Coan, B. Webster, and W. Livingood (NREL report), "Connected Communities: A Multi-Building Energy Management Approach"  (May 2020)

State and Regionally Focused 

• California Energy Commission, Workshop on Virtual Power Plants and Demand Flexibility: Identifying R&D Needs - July 18, 2023: CEC hosted a staff workshop to identify research needs to advance the use of VPP approaches for increased demand flexibility. The workshop focused on community-owned VPP models and included a panel session with presentations from industry representatives such as load-serving entities and their technology service providers. Input received will be used to inform the development of future solicitations related to the Electric Program Investment Charge 2021-2025 Investment Plan (EPIC 4 Investment Plan). Presentation and recording are available at the event page.
• Connecticut Innovative Energy Solutions (IES) Program is a statewide initiative to identify, pilot, and scale innovative ideas that enable a decarbonized, affordable, and equitable electric grid for Connecticut. With "regulatory sandbox" characteristics, the Program will provide resources and support for the implementation of innovative pilot projects over the course of a 12-to-18-month period. Successful pilots will have the opportunity to be deployed at scale in Connecticut. The IES Program presents an exciting opportunity for third-party innovators and technology developers to establish collaborative partnerships with Connecticut’s two investor-owned EDCs, Cycle 1 will focus on demand-side flexibility (January 24 information session; January 31 formal solicitation release; March 1 concept papers due -- see program page for information).
• California Load Flexibility Research and Development Hub (CalFlexHub) is the innovation hub supporting the scaled adoption of affordable, equitable, and reliable load flexible technologies. CalFlexHub seeks to advance the capability of smart building technologies to provide flexible energy load for the State of California and beyond. Symposium, December 6 & 7, recordings available.
• California PUC Order Instituting Rulemaking to Advance Demand Flexibility Through Electric Rates (July 14, 2022) - news release, order - and Advanced Strategies for Demand Flexibility Management and Customer DER Compensation workshops page with links to white paper and proposal (and slides), comments, and other materials.
• Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Demand Response Emerging Technology (DRET) Battery Study investigates the ability to utilize residential PV systems paired with Tesla Powerwall batteries to support electric grid reliability in times of high electricity demand by creating a virtual power plants (VPP). (April 2022)
• The California Energy Commission draft 2021 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) is available. Volume 1, Chapter 2 has a sectoin specifically on Demand Flexibility but much of the volume will likely be of interest. Also, workshop on GEB and Load Management, October 5, 2021; presentations and recordings available: Session 1 (morning) and Session 2 (afternoon). 
• California Energy Commission Publications - various pertinent to demand flexibility, e.g.:
  • Distributed Energy Resources Integration Research Roadmap, Reinventing Residential Demand Response, California E-Bus to Grid Integration Project 
• Olinsky-Paul, T., "Energy Storage Best Practices from New England: Ten Lessons From Six States," Clean Energy Group (August 2021)
• Olinsky-Paul, T., "ConnectedSolutions: A New State Funding Mechanism to Make Battery Storage Accessible to All," Clean Energy Group (February 2021)
• Simpkins, A., et al., "ConnectedSolutions: The New Economics of Solar+Storage for Affordable Housing in Massachusetts," Clean Energy Group (February 2021)
• Gerke, B.F., et al., "The California Demand Response Potential Study, Phase 3: Final Report on the Shift Resource through 2030," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (July 2020) 
• Washington UTC Demand Response Potential And Target Setting Workshop (June 8, 2020) - The Potential for Load Flexibility (The Brattle Group) and Demand Response Insights for the Northwest (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
• Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), "Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBS) Tri-Region Status Report" (January 2020)
• Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)
  • Brant, J., "Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Providing Energy Demand Flexibility for Utilities in the Southwest" (2019)
  • Kellogg, N., "Smart-Tech Housing Developments in the Southwest: Grid-Integrated and Energy Efficient" (2019)

Other resources

• Rocky Mountain Institute, Maggie Huang, et al., Cost-Effective Grid Interactive Efficient Buildings: Potential for the WinnCompanies Portfolio (July 2023)
• The Brattle Group, Real Reliability: The Value of Virtual Power (May 2023) - This report explores the cost and ability to serve critical resource adequacy needs using virtual power plants (VPPs), portfolios of distributed energy resources (DERs) that are actively controlled to provide benefits to the power system, consumers, and the environment.
• NARUC, Demand Flexibility within a Performance-Based Regulatory Framework (February 2023) presents the various components of performance-based regulation and explores how its applications can advance demand flexibility.
• Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3), led by the Rocky Mountain Institute with private sector partners, is dedicated to understanding the opportunities—and challenges—of the VPP market, including the roles that DERs and demand flexibility can play in decarbonizing and stabilizing the grid. See also the RMI Virtual Power Plants, Real Benefits report.
• World Resources Institute, Smart Charging and Consumer Behavior in the United States (November 2022) -- report concerns smart charging or vehicle-grid integration (VGI) to help electric vehicles (EVs) to support rather than strain the electric grid.
• Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), DER Integration Report Series -- DER Integration into Wholesale Markets and Operation (January 2022), Lesson Learned for the U.S. Context: An Assessment of UK and Australian Open Networks Initiatives (August 2022), and The Transition to a High-DER Electricity System: Creating a National Initiative on DER Integration for the United States (August 2022).
• Smart Electric Power Alliance, Accelerating Coordinated Utility Programs for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Practitioners' Perspectives (July 2022) report and case studies. Webinars held July 28, August 17, and September 14, 2022 (see "past events") -- thanks to SEPA for a special extra discussion session with Working Group states after the final webinar.
• Strategen, Regulatory Sandboxes: Program Design to Accelerate Innovation for an Evolving Electric Grid (May 2022) discusses and provides cases of "regulatory sandboxes" as a tool to allow space in existing utility regulatory structures for innovative pilots, including for new technologies and business models.
• Energy Systems Integration Group DER Integration into Wholesale Markets and Operations [report, fact sheet, presentation, overview presentation recording] examines the changes in regulation, market rules, planning, and operating practices needed to better integrate DERs into U.S. wholesale markets and operations.
• The Alliance to Save Energy-led Active Efficiency Collaborative (of which NASEO and NARUC are members) launched a new interactive tool (developed with the Brattle Group) to help decisionmakers understand and evaluate the benefits of demand flexibility. The Demand Flexibility Valuation Report allows users to specify their interest in demand flexibility and then instantaneously receive a customized report containing information relevant to the user's perspective.
• Guernsey, M., et al. (Guidehouse), Incentive Mechanisms for Leveraging Demand Flexibility as a Grid Asset: An Implementation Guide for Utilities and Policymakers (executive summary and report) (May 2021)
• National Energy Screening Project, National Standard Practice Manual for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Distributed Energy Resources (NSPM for DERs) - links to document, summary, presentation slides, and webinars.
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, The Future of Electric Power in the U.S. (February 2021) -- includes coverage of demand flexibility, DERs, and associated technological, regulatory, and business model issues.
• Rocky Mountain Institute, The Carbon Emissions Impact of Demand Flexibility (2021)
• Perry, C., H. Bastian, and D. York (ACEEE), "State of the Market: Grid-interactive Efficient Building Utility Programs" (October 2019)
• York, D., G. Relf, and C, Waters (ACEEE), "Integrated Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Programs" (September 2019)
• Saul Rinaldi, K., E. Bunnen, and S. Rogers, "Residential Grid-interactive Efficient Building Technology and Policy: Harnessing the Power of Homes for a Clean, Affordable, Resilient Grid of the Future" (October 2019)
• The Brattle Group, "The National Potential for Load Flexibility: Value and Market Potential Through 2030" (June 2019)
• Goldenberg, C., M. Dyson, and H. Masters, "Demand Flexibility: The Key to Enabling a Low-Cost-, Low-Carbon Grid," Rocky Mountain Institute (February 2018)

NASEO and associated Webinars and Forums

• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: Connected Communities - July 26, 2023: This Forum featured Cindy Regnier (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [LBNL]) providing an overview of the U.S. DOE-supported Connected Communities initiative and LBNL's role as national coordinator (presentation) followed by Alicia Noriega (Edo Energy) discussing the Spokane (WA) Connected Communities Project (presentation) and Scott Schuetter (Slipstream) on Connecting Communities for Sustainable Solutions (Madison, WI) (presentation).
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group and NARUC Financial Toolkit webinar: Virtual Power Plants, June 21, 2023: This joint webinar discussed virtual power plants (VPP). Ryan Hledik (Brattle Group) provided a VPP overview as well as findings from Real Reliability: The Value of Virtual Power on costs and reliability of VPPs as resource adequacy assets. Franco Albi (Portland General Electric) and Brenda Chew (Virtual Peaker) offered utility and service provider perspectives. (Presentation slides here.)
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: NREL Energy Efficiency and Demand Flexibility State Potential Study and National Lab TA Update, May 17, 2023: Matt Leach (National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented an overview of state-level energy efficiency (EE) and demand flexibility (DF) potential of selected measures and building types. Study approaches, results, and planned next steps were presented along with considerations of how states and others can use such information to inform planning, policy, and regulations to enhance EE and DF and the benefits they provide. Natalie Mims Frick (Berkeley Lab) provided an update on Lab TA to the states. (Presentation slides here.)
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: Demand Flexibility and Performance-Based Regulation, March 15, 2023: Elliott Nethercutt of NARUC presented slides summarizing recent research from a new publication, Demand Flexibility within a Performance-Based Regulatory Framework. The report, which includes case studies from three Working Group states—Colorado, Hawaii, and Vermont—examines demand flexibility implementation and barriers within performance-based regulatory frameworks. Grace Relf of the Hawaii PUC (slides here) and Joan White of the Vermont PUC (slides here) each presented on their state's experience with performance-based regulatory frameworks that have advanced demand flexibility and GEB implementation.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum: Cybersecurity and Demand Flexibility/GEB/DERs January 18, 2023. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory experts presented on cybersecurity aspects of demand flexibility and distributed energy resources (presentation). Among resources presented: Facility Cybersecurity resources.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Virtual Forum: Demand Flexibility and Grid/Distribution Planning, including Non-Wires Solutions/Alternatives - October 26, 2022. Natalie Mims Frick (LBNL) presented on demand flexibility and DERs in distribution system planning, including as non-wires solutions/alternatives (NWS/NWA) to traditional distribution upgrades. The presentation slides can be found here. Hanna Terwilliger (Minnesota PUC staff and GEB Working Group co-chair) discussed NWS/NWA approaches, opportunities, and challenges in Minnesota and recent activities to advance demand flexibility in the state. The presentation slides can be found here. 
• NASEO Annual Meeting Session, "Grid Evolution or Revolution? Accelerating Building Electrification, Demand Flexibility, and Distributed Energy Resources" (October 12, 2022):  Colorado Electrification Policies and Programs (Dylan Klomhaus, Colorado Energy Office), Accelerating Adoption of DERs through Incentive and Demonstration Programs (Demetra Tzamares, Center for Sustainable Energy), Smart Neighborhoods (aka Connected Communities) (Justin Hill, Southern Company Services).
• NASEO-NARUC Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Working Group Virtual Forum: Benefit-Cost Analyses (BCA) for GEB Programs - August 10, 2022. David Pudleiner (ICF) and Kate Strickland (Smart Electric Power Alliance) presented a case study of using the National Standard Practice Manual (NSPM) for DERs to do a BCA for a hypothetical GEB residential retrofit program that includes efficiency, demand response, and electrification measures. The presentation slides can be found here. Such programs can entail significant challenges, such as accounting for interactive effects of DERs and customer and societal impacts.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Virtual Forum: Inclusion of Demand Flexibility (DF)/GEB and Electrification in Utility Energy Efficiency Programs - July 13, 2022. Jerrylyn Huckabee, MA Department of Energy Resources (DOER) presented on “active demand management” in the state’s EE plan, including ConnectedSolutions in the Mass Save program, while Joan White of Vermont PUC staff spoke on Vermont’s work on electrification and DF in utility programs. The presentations were followed by discussion and cross-state exchange.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum on Including Demand Flexibility and Electrification in Building Codes and Building Performance Standards, May 11, 2022 - Presentation based on the State and Local Building Policies and Programs for Energy Efficiency and Demand Flexibility report followed by Chris Perry, Engineer, DOE Building Technologies Office, and Ellen Franconi, Senior Energy Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on potential DF/DR-friendly provision inclusion in codes, stretch codes, and BPS, and on including time-differentiation in code cost-effectiveness determinations. Slide deck.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Forum on Rate Design to Support Demand Flexibility, March 9, 2022 - State exchange and presentations by Sanem Sergici (Principal, The Brattle Group) [Retail Pricing: A Low Cost Approach to Load Flexibility] and Lon Huber (VP, Rate Design and Strategic Solutions, Duke Energy) [New Realities: A Case for Innovative Customer Centric Rate Designs]. 
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Virtual Forum on State Indicators for Advancing Energy Efficiency and Demand Flexibility in Buildings,  January 6, 2022, 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET - Link to Forum presentation and full slide deck report; and visualization tool at State Indicators of Demand Flexibility and Energy Efficiency | Electricity Markets and Policy Group (lbl.gov).
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Virtual Forum, December 2, 2021, 4:00 - 5:00 pm ET - Limited to state Working Group members, please contact geb@naseo.org with questions. DOE Connected Communities presentation.
• Considerations and Approaches for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Pilots, August 10, 2021, 4:00-5:00pm ET  (Introductory slides, main presentation, recording.)
• Webinar and Discussion: NASEO-NARUC Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) Working Group - Update on State Technical Assistance Resources and Projects, June 25, 2021, 3:00-4:00pm ET (slides and recording)
• NASEO Webinar: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs) and Other Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
  May 4, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm ET presentation and recording
• NASEO-NARUC Virtual Site Visit: Oracle Industries Innovation Lab - for State and Territory Energy Office members only
  March 12, 2021, 2:00pm-3:30pm ET.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group virtual meeting - January 11, 2021, 3:00-5:00 PM ET - Presentations: Introduction, National GEB Roadmap and National Lab GEB Technical Assistance; meeting recording.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Webinar: Portland General Electric Smart Grid Test Bed - September 9, 2020 - Kaci Radcliffe (Oregon Dept. of Energy), Timothy Treadwell (Portland General Electric); recording; presentation available on request.
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Webinar: Grid-interactive Appliances - July 27, 2020 - Abigail Daken (EPA), Ashley Armstrong (A.O. Smith Corp.), Sarah Vorpahl (Washington State Dept. of Commerce)
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Webinar: Emission Aspects of Demand Flexibility  - June 4, 2020 - Colby Tucker (EPA), Henry Richardson (WattTime), Nancy Seidman (Regulatory Assistance Project)
• NASEO-NARUC Webinar: Valuing Demand Flexibility for Electric Utility Systems - April 6, 2020 - Tom Eckman and Lisa Schwartz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group Technical Assistance Next Steps January 23, 2020
• GEB Working Group Meeting and Webinar - December 18, 2019 - Rodney Sobin (NASEO), Natalie Mims Frick (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) [2019 accomplishments, 2020 plans, National Lab technical assistance offerings discussion] - slides, recording
• NASEO Webinar: Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) – Case Examples
  August 27, 2019 - Neil Cowan and Eric Maurer (Xcel Energy) and Justin Hill and Jim Leverette (Southern Company) - recording 
• NASEO-DOE Webinar - Action Steps for States: Moving Towards a Future with Demand Flexibility
  August 13, 2019 - Lisa Schwartz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) - recording
• Better Buildings Residential Network (U.S. DOE): Connected Homes and the Grid - Flipping the Switch on the Script - July 25, 2019 - Alice Rosenberg (Consortium for Energy Efficiency), Rodney Sobin (NASEO), Kara Saul Rinaldi (AnnDyl Policy Group) 
• NASEO-NARUC Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Working Group: GEB and Automated Demand Response
  April 10, 2019 - Rodney Sobin (NASEO), Monica Neukomm (U.S. DOE), Mary Ann Piette (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) - slides, recording

Other Webinars and Events

• NARUC-SEPA-DOE Workshop "Demystifying Virtual Power Plants: What is a VPP? How are VPPs deployed today? What are the opportunities and challenges for regulators, utilities, and other stakeholders?" February 15, 2023. Presentations and YouTube videos: (1) Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings: Reinforcing the Grid with DERs; (2) Millions of Mini Power Plants: What Vehicle-to -Grid Technology Means for Reliability, Resilience, and Affordability on the Grid; (3) Drafting the Blueprint; (4) Implementation

• Connected Communities cohort kick-off meeting "Lessons From Past Connected Communities Projects" session (from November 2, 2022) -- (1) California Advanced Energy Communities; (2) Smart Neighborhoods (Southern Co. Alabama and Georgia) ; (3) AI-Driven Smart Community for Accelerating PV Adoption and Enhancing Grid Resilience (Basalt Vista Community, CO)

• NARUC, Financial Toolbox on Electrification, addressed technology, economic, accounting, and customer considerations related to building electrification programs, including status and trends, cost-benefit considerations, and regulatory questions. Webinar May 26, 2022 recording.
• Resources for the Future, Greening the Grid through Demand-Side Automation, April 4, 2022, 3:00 PM ET (recording available).
• Calibrated, Validated, and Publicly Available End Use Load Profiles for the U.S. Building Stock, October 28, 2021 - Recording and slides are available here. The end use load profiles can be downloaded here. For questions about using the load profiles, please email: load.profiles@nrel.gov and other questions can go to Natalie Mims Frick nfrick@lbl.gov or Eric Wilson eric.wilson@nrel.gov. 
• Valuing and Incentivizing Demand Flexibility as a Grid Asset, September 22, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm ET - Better Buildings Alliance webinar covering research to quantify the value of DF from GEBs to the utility and highlights mechanisms that utilities and policymakers can use to encourage DF. Speakers: Tom Eckman (consultant to LBNL - Determining Utility System Value of Demand Flexibility from Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings) and Margot Everett (Guidehouse - Incentive Mechanisms for Leveraging Demand Flexibility as a Grid Asset). Webinar slides and recording. 

• Decarbonization at a District Scale: Colorado Residential Retrofit Energy District (CoRRED), August 31, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm ET - DOE State Energy Program webinar on the results of a DOE-funded simulation of a Denver neighborhood of grid-interactive efficient homes. (August 31 slides and recording pending; also available are the July 20 versions of the webinar slides and recording link [password for recording: CoRRED2021! ] )  

• NARUC webinar Virtual Power Plants in the 20s: Moving From Theory to Practice, August 12, 2021, 3:00-4:00 pm ET (recording).
• Grid Integration and Electrification in Energy Codes, August 12, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm ET, DOE Building Energy Codes Program webinar on the role of building energy codes in advancing connected buildings, how electrification will necessitate this, and GEB technologies being adopted at state and local levels. (slides; recording).

Meeting presentations

• NASEO Annual Meeting Session, "Grid Evolution or Revolution? Accelerating Building Electrification, Demand Flexibility, and Distributed Energy Resources" (October 12, 2022):  Colorado Electrification Policies and Programs (Dylan Klomhaus, Colorado Energy Office), Accelerating Adoption of DERs through Incentive and Demonstration Programs (Demetra Tzamares, Center for Sustainable Energy), Smart Neighborhoods (aka Connected Communities) (Justin Hill, Southern Company Services).
• NASEO-NARUC GEB Working Group virtual meeting - January 11, 2021, 3:00-5:00 PM ET - Presentations: Introduction, National GEB Roadmap and National Lab GEB Technical Assistance; meeting recording.
• 2019 NASEO Annual Meeting: Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Roundtable
  • NASEO-NARUC State Working Group Roundtable and Workshop Overview - Rodney Sobin (NASEO)
  • State Interviews - Hanna Terwilliger (Minnesota Public Utilities Commission), Kaci Radcliffe (Oregon Dept. of Energy)
  • Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Value Propositions and Sectoral Perspectives - Joanne Morin (Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources)
  • The Economics of Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs) - Cara Carmichael (Rocky Mountain Institute)
  • Residential Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Technology and Policy - Kara Saul Rinaldi (AnnDyl Policy Group)
  • NYSERDA - RTEM & GEM - Rodney Sobin (NASEO) [on behalf of NYSERDA]
  • Workshop Handout: Actions States Can Take - Rodney Sobin (NASEO)
  • Next Steps - Hanna Terwilliger (Minnesota Public Utilities Commission), Kaci Radcliffe (Oregon Dept. of Energy)

• 2019 NASEO Energy Policy Outlook Conference
  • Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings - David Nemtzow (U.S. DOE)
  • Buildings-to-Grid: Critical Issues for Decision Makers - Natalie Mims Frick (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
• 2018 NASEO Annual Meeting (Detroit)

• Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: Energy Efficiency & Grid Optimization - David Nemtzow (U.S. DOE)
• What’s Next for Energy Efficiency: Grid Interaction - Chris Baker (The Weidt Group)
• Grid Interactive Efficient Buildings - Jan Berman (PG&E)
• Smart Neighborhood - James Leverette (Southern Co.)

NASEO and State RFI comments

• NASEO Comments on RFI DE-FOA-0002291: Building Technology Office’s Draft Connected Communities Funding Opportunity Announcement (May 2020)
• Colorado Energy Office Comments on RFI DE-FOA-0002291 (May 2020)
• Maryland Energy Administration Comments on RFI DE-FOA-0002291 (May 2020)
• NASEO Comments on Request for Information DE-FOA-0002070: Efficient and Flexible Building Loads (February 2019)