---
code_id: 134364
site_ownership_code: "LBNL"
open_source: false
landing_contact: "ipo@lbl.gov"
project_type: "CS"
software_type: "S"
official_use_only: {}
developers:
- email: "MiguelHeleno@lbl.gov"
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Miguel"
  last_name: "Heleno"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)"
- email: "AlanValenzuela@lbl.gov"
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Alan"
  last_name: "Valenzuela Meza"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)"
- email: "AMoreira@lbl.gov"
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Alexandre"
  last_name: "Moreira da Silva"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)"
- email: "LuisRodriguezGarcia@lbl.gov"
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Luis"
  last_name: "Rodriguez Garcia"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)"
contributors: []
sponsoring_organizations:
- organization_name: "USDOE"
  funding_identifiers: []
  primary_award: "AC02-05CH11231"
  DOE: true
contributing_organizations: []
research_organizations:
- organization_name: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United\
    \ States)"
  DOE: true
related_identifiers: []
award_dois: []
release_date: "2024-05-10"
software_title: "Least-cost Optimal Distribution Grid Expansion (LODGE) v1"
acronym: "LODGE v1"
doi: "https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240711.4"
description: "LODGE finds the least-cost portfolio of traditional distribution system\
  \ upgrades to integrate new loads and behind-the-meter DERs in combination with\
  \ advanced non-wire alternative (NWA) planning solutions, such as utility-owned\
  \ storage and distributed PV. Working with a set of least-cost solutions\nper feeder/substation\
  \ allows us to benchmark and compare techno-economic performance of different traditional\
  \ and NWA planning solutions.\n\nAn important aspect of the LODGE model is that\
  \ it includes power flow operation constraints. This means that the least-cost planning\
  \ solutions delivered by LODGE are technically feasible. Available projects in LODGE\
  \ portfolio include: 1) feeder reconductoring; 2) transformers upgrades; 3) non-wire\
  \ alternatives, such as strategic siting and sizing of storage and distributed PV;\
  \ 4) voltage regulators."
programming_languages: []
country_of_origin: "United States"
project_keywords: []
licenses: []
recipient_org: "LBNL"
site_accession_number: "2024-047"
file_name: "lodge_v1 (1).zip"
date_record_added: "2024-07-11"
date_record_updated: "2024-07-11"
is_file_certified: true
last_editor: "ntheodore@lbl.gov"
is_limited: false
links:
- rel: "citation"
  href: "https://www.osti.gov/doecode/biblio/134364"