U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Planning, Budget, and Analysis

PBA Weekly Analysis Meetings - Archive

The following is a list of topics and presenters from the Planning, Budget, and Analysis (PBA) weekly meetings, held since 2004. To request a copy of selected presentations, contact Lynn McLarty at 202-554-3883.

2007 

December 13

  • "Analysis Supporting Clean Energy Campaign in New England" - Jonathan Edwards and Brian Keane, SmartPower

November 29

  • "Modeling EERE Deployment Programs" - Donna Hostick and David Belzer, PNNL

November 15

  • "DARPA and DoD Energy Initiatives" - Tony Tether, DARPA

November 8

  • "A Sustainable Energy Utility" - John Byrne, University of Delaware

October 25

  • "Impact Evaluation Framework for Technology Deployment Programs" - John Reed, Innovologie

October 18

  • "Overview of Evaluation Methods for R&D Programs" - Rosalie Ruegg, TIA

October 11

  • "Algae's Potential for Driving a Carbon Capture-and-Recycle Industry" - Jim Sears, A2BE Carbon Capture

October 4

  • "Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations" - Leon Clarke, PNNL

September 27

  • "Biofuels from Latin America: Promises and Barriers" - Tien Nguyen, EERE/OPBA

September 13

  • "Principal Agent Problem" - Jayant Sathaye, LBNL

September 6

  • "Analyzing Hydrogen Futures Using NEMS-H2: An Integrated Modeling Approach" - Frances Wood, OnLocation Inc.

August 23

  • "The Renewable Fuels Standard: Agricultural Sector and Energy Security Analyses" - Michael Shelby, EPA

August 16

  • "Systems Analysis Applied in the Hydrogen Program" - Fred Joseck, EERE HFCIT

August 2

  • "Highlights of the FY07 EERE PAE Analysis Portfolio" – Michael Leifman and John Sheehan, EERE PAE

July 26

  • "EPA's State Clean Energy-Environment Program: A Co-Benefits Strategy for Action" – Julie Rosenberg, EPA

July 19

  • "Energy Supply and Industry" – Leslie Cordes, EPA

July 12

  • "GPRA '08 Sensitivities - 'Additive' vs. 'Subtractive' Cases" – Frances Wood, OnLocation Inc.

June 21

  • "The Value of Improved Energy Efficiency" – Steve Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

May 31

  • "An Overview of Federal Legislation on Energy Efficiency" – Lowell Ungar, Alliance to Save Energy

May 24

  • "Real Options Analysis" – Steve Hoye, Decisioneering Inc.

May 10

  • "Energy Consumption in the Information Age - An Inconclusive Truth" – Joe Loper, Alliance to Save Energy

May 3

  • "Impacts of Increasing Renewable Energy Use on U.S. Energy Expenditures and Emissions" – Mike Toman, RAND

April 26

  • "Pilot Quality Control Process for Biomass Benefits Analysis" – Tien Nguyen, EERE

April 19

  • "Energy Straightjacket" – Neal Elliott, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

April 12

  • "Energy Outlook" – Susan Carter and Adam Bratis, Exxon Mobil

April 5

  • "Market Mechanisms to Curb Greenhouse Gases: Challenges and Future Directions" – Joe Kruger, National Commission on Energy Policy

March 29

  • "Shaping the Next 100 Years: New Methods for Long-Term, Quantitative Policy Analysis" – Robert Lempert, RAND

March 8

  • "Challenges in Expanding the Role of Biofuels in America's Energy Portfolio" – Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, University of Tennessee

February 22

  • "Issues in Evaluating an Energy Transition - Moving to a Light Vehicle Fleet Fueled by Hydrogen" – Steve Plotkin, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

February 15

  • "Ethanol Policy Options: Evaluation of Existing Policies and Barriers" – Tien Nguyen, EERE

February 8

  • "Energy Market Impacts of a Clean Energy Portfolio Standard" – Chris Namovicz and Bob Smith, EIA

January 25

  • "Modeling Economy-wide vs. Sectoral Climate Policies Using Combined Aggregate-Sectoral Models" – Billy Pizer, Resources for the Future

2006

December 21

  • "The Multipath Transportation Futures Study" – Phil Patterson, EERE

December 7

  • "Biomass Transitional Model" – John Sheehan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

November 30

  • "Clean Energy, a Strong Economy, and a Healthy Environment" – Doug Arent, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

November 16

  • "DOE Activities in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" – Tof Carim, DOE Basic Energy Sciences

November 9

  • "Contagion-Based Modeling to Simulate Consumer Choices Over Energy-Saving Products" – David Bjornstad, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

October 26

  • "Transition to a Cellulosic Ethanol Industry: Agricultural Sector Analytical Needs" – Burton English, University of Tennessee 

October 19

  • "Reviewing the State of the Climate: Science and Policy Perspectives" – Jonathan Pershing, World Resources Institute 

October 12

  • "HOMER: The Optimization Model for Distributed Energy" – Peter Lilienthal, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

October 5

  • "Challenges in Communicating Probabilistic Information to Policy Makers" – Thomas Wallsten, University of Maryland

September 28

  • "Modeling and the Sources of Technological Change" – Leon Clarke, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

September 21

  • "Relating Market Values to Energy-Saving R&D Program Design" – David Bjornstad, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

September 14

  • "Modeling the Market Penetration of Solar Photovoltaics on Buildings" – Paul Denholm, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

August 31

  • "Government Efforts to Promote Ethanol Biofuels in Brazil" – Otaviano Canuto, World Bank

August 24

  • "The Effectiveness and Cost of Energy Efficiency Programs" – Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future

August 3

  • "Carbon: The Next 50 Years" – Tom Sheahen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

July 20

  • "GPRA Modeling of EERE Programs, Part 2" – Frances Wood and Chip Friley, EERE

July 13

  • "GPRA Modeling of EERE Programs, Part 1" – Frances Wood and Chip Friley, EERE

June 29

  • "Climate Chage Risk Analysis Framework" – Jane Leggett, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

June 22

  • "The Problem is the U.S. and China - the Solution is California and Germany" – Art Rosenfeld, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

June 15

  • "PSAT Capabilities and Analysis" – Philip Sharer, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

June 1

  • "Biofuel Pathways" – Lou Burke, Conoco Phillips

May 25

  • "Review of Biomass Supply Curves in EIA and EERE Models" – Sujit Das, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

May 18

  • "PNNL Climate-Change Model - Mini CAM" – Jae Edmonds, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

May 11

  • "The Multipath Transportation Futures Study: A Progress Report" – Phil Patterson, EERE

April 27

  • "Green Power Market Development Group" – Craig Hanson, World Resources Institute

April 20

  • "Ethanol Infrastructure - Current Status" – Tien Nguyen, EERE

March 30

  • "Information Search and Retrieval Tool for PAE Knowledge Management" – Larry Marine

March 16

  • "Input/Output Tool" – Joe Roop, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

February 23

  • "The Biomass Market Model" – Brian Lavoie, TMS

February 16

  • "Letting the Sun Shine on Solar Costs: An Empirical Investigation of Photovoltaic Cost Trends in California" – Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

February 2

  • "SNL Probability Risk Assessment of DER techs for high reliability Applications" – Dave Robinson

January 26

  • "Market Penetration Modeling Under Uncertainty: Stochastic Energy Deployment Systems Model (SEDS)" – Walter Short and Tom Ferguson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • "ComSeM: A NEMS Compatible Model of Commercial Sector Technology Diffusion" – Chris Marnay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
  • "Multi–Path Transportation Futures Study Discussion" – Margaret Singh and Steve Plotkin, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

2005

December 15

  • "NEMS and other models" – Michael Leifman and Frances Wood:

November 3

  • "Stationary Fuel Cell Markets" – Battelle

September 22

  • "Update on Analysis Projects at Berkeley Lab" – Chris Marnay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

September 8

  • "USDA/OBP Study on the Potential for 1 Billion Tons of Biomass per Year" –Sam Tagore, OBP
  • "Using Ethanol in Very–Efficient Vehicles" – Phil Patterson, Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation (PAE)

August 18

  • "Ethanol Blend Value" – Dave Andress, David Andress and Associates

July 7

  • "The 'What If' Capability: the Stochastic Energy Deployment System" – Walter Short, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

June 30

  • "Input/Output Analysis for GPRA" Joe Roop, PNNL

June 2

  • "GREET" – Michael Wang, ANL

May 5

  • "Wind: Cost of Energy and Technology Characterizations" – Joe Cohen for Tom Schweizer, PERI

April 28

  • "Overview of the Solar Deployment Systems (SolarDS) Model" – Paul Denholm, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

April 14

  • "Global Climate Change Modeling" – Jae Edmonds, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

April 7

  • "Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA)" – Jud Virden, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

March 17

  • "New Aspects of the RECS Survey" – Stephanie Battles, Energy Information Administration (EIA)

February 24

  • "U.S. Version of the Consolidated Impacts Modeling Systems (CIMS)" – Joe Roop, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

February 17

  • "Ending the Energy Stalemate" – National Commission on Energy Policy Final Report and Appendices" – Jason Grumet, NCEP; and Marilyn Brown, ORNL

February 3

  • "LOHAS Consumer Trends Database" – Steve French, The Natural Marketing Institute

January 13

  • Two brainstorming topics

    • "Roadmapping for interacting with other analysts" Jeff Harris, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
    • "Process for identifying emerging issues and trends" – Jeff Harris, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

January 6

  • "The AVID Vehicle Choice Model (early buyers and early adopters) and Inputs from ORC Surveys" – Dan Santini, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

2004

December 2

  • "Brainstorm the Development of Sector–Based Models, with a Focus on the Buildings Model" – Brian Card and Darrell Beschen, PBA
  • "Conduct a Hydrogen Delphi in Relation to Developing a Hydrogen Economy Scenario" – Darrell Beschen, PBA
  • "HyTrans (Transition to Hydrogen in Light Vehicles) Model Update" – David Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

November 18

  • "How can buildings help keep electricity affordable and secure?" – Rob Pratt, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

November 4

  • "Long–Term Climate Modeling" – Jae Edmonds, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

October 14

  • "Cost of Oil Dependence, Oil Security, and HyTrans" – David Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

September 30

  • "Changes in AEO 2005" – Andy Kydes, Energy Information Administration (EIA)

September 16

  • "Reliability Metrics" – Joe Eto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

August 12

  • "Energy in U.S. Economic Growth over the next 30 Years" – Dale Jorgenson

April 22

  • "Analysis of Renewables Policies Using the Haiku Model" – Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer, RFF

April 1

  • "Wind: Pathways Analysis and Other Wind Program–Sponsored Analysis" – Tom Schweizer, PERI

March 25

  • "Solar 2050 Scenarios and Results" – Robert Margolis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

March 11

  • "Impacts for OIT" – Steve Weakley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
  • "Green Power Analysis and National Trends" – Blair Swezey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

February 26

  • "EERE Evaluation Toolbox" – Martin Schweitzer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); and Gretchen Jordan, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)

January 29

  • "Agent–Based Models" – Charles Macal, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
  • "Energy Intensity Indicators Project" – Joe Roop, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

January 22

  • "Sandia Models" – Arnie Baker, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)