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Generator Fleet Characteristics Model

February 6, 2023

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

This manuscript presents the Generator Fleet Characteristics Model (GFCM), a general purpose tool for the analysis of power system operations, economics, and resilience. The GFCM is a collection of MATLAB functions that use publicly available data with

Reducing barriers to entry and hedging against obsolescence with smart grid interoperability

November 17, 2022

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

Interoperability is the last significant barrier to the full participation of distributed energy resources in electricity markets and operations. The opportunities for diverse and unconventional system participants to create value will continue to grow as

Resilience Dividends and Windfalls: Narratives that tie disaster resilience co-benefits to long-term sustainability

April 20, 2021

Author(s)

Jennifer Helgeson, Cheyney O'Fallon

The need for increased disaster resilience planning, especially at the community level, is clear, as is the need to address sustainability; these dual objectives have been deemed a US National Priority (e.g., Exec. Order No. 14008, p. 7619, 2021). The

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 4.0

February 18, 2021

Author(s)

Avi Gopstein, Cuong Nguyen, Cheyney O'Fallon, Nelson Hastings, David A. Wollman

NIST's fourth framework informing America's development of the smart grid includes updates to the Smart Grid Conceptual Model, introduces new Communication Pathways Scenarios and an Ontology for the smart grid, provides guidance on cybersecurity practices

Quantifying Operational Resilience Benefits of the Smart Grid

February 9, 2021

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

Automated systems for network protection, outage management, and restoration enable utilities to maintain service continuity through network reconfiguration even when confronted with a major hurricane. We employ a reduced form approach to evaluate the

Developing Cost Functions for Estimating Solar Photovoltaic System Installed and Life Cycle Costs Using Historical Quote Data

September 22, 2020

Author(s)

David H. Webb, Joshua D. Kneifel, Cheyney M. O'Fallon

Residential solar photovoltaic (PV) system installations have become more prevalent as the installed cost has decreased over the last 10 years while system performance has improved. As these installations have increased, so too has interest in determining

Does Resilience Yield Dividends? Co-Benefits of Investing in Increased Resilience in Cedar Rapids

August 3, 2020

Author(s)

Juan F. Fung, Jennifer F. Helgeson, David H. Webb, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, Harvey Cutler

Cedar Rapids, IA, offers a unique case study in planning for increased resilience. In 2008, Cedar Rapids experienced severe flooding. Rather than simply rebuilding, the city of Cedar Rapids began to invest in a resilient flood control system and in the

Economics of Interoperability in the Context of Smart Grid Architectures

December 16, 2019

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

Technological change in the electric power sector has progressed rapidly and there now is need for the development and evaluation of new smart grid architectures. This special publication discusses the current conditions of the U.S. electric grid and the

Quantifying Macroeconomic Resilience Dividends in Cedar Rapids

July 17, 2019

Author(s)

Juan F. Fung, Jennifer F. Helgeson, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, David H. Webb, Harvey Cutler

Cedar Rapids, Iowa offers a unique case study in planning for increased resilience. In 2008, Cedar Rapids experienced severe flooding. Rather than simply rebuilding, the city of Cedar Rapids is investing in a resilient flood control system, as well as in

Gas vs Electric: Space and Domestic Hot Water Heating System Fuel Source Implications on Low-Energy Single-Family Dwelling Sustainability Performance

May 6, 2019

Author(s)

Eric G. O'Rear, David H. Webb, Joshua D. Kneifel, Cheyney M. O'Fallon

With an increasing interest in more sustainable infrastructure, greater focus has been placed on cost-effective low-energy residential buildings, including state policies requiring new homes to be built to reach net-zero energy performance. Common factors

A Framework for Measuring the Impact of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires on a Regional Economy

February 13, 2019

Author(s)

David T. Butry, David H. Webb, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, Harvey Cutler

This report develops an approach to evaluate the direct and indirect impacts from wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires that result in the loss of functionality of the built environment, for a regional economy. While direct losses from WUI fires are largely

A Computable General Equilibrium Model of Cedar Rapids

September 27, 2018

Author(s)

Jennifer Helgeson, Juan Fung, Cheyney O'Fallon, David Webb, Harvey Cutler

This report presents the development of a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the regional economy of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The general approach that this case study takes is outlined in Helgeson et al. [1] as a method to quantify the net co

An Exploration of the Relationship between Increases in Energy Efficiency and Life-Cycle Environmental Energy and Carbon Emissions using the BIRDS Low-Energy Residential Database

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Eric G. O'Rear, David Webb, Cheyney O'Fallon

Identifying and Quantifying the Resilience Dividend using Computable General Equilibrium Models: A Methodological Overview

December 14, 2017

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Juan F. Fung, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, David H. Webb, Harvey Cutler

This paper introduces the concept of accounting for the net co-benefits (the resilience dividend) associated with community-level resilience planning. Two solutions to the same resilience issue may often have different associated co-benefits that accrue on

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