---
code_id: 175516
site_ownership_code: "SNL"
open_source: true
repository_link: "https://github.com/sandialabs/quest_PCM"
project_type: "OS"
software_type: "S"
official_use_only: {}
developers:
- email: ""
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Tu Anh"
  last_name: "Nguyen"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United\
    \ States)"
- email: ""
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Cody"
  last_name: "Newlun"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United\
    \ States)"
- email: ""
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Atri"
  last_name: "Bera"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United\
    \ States)"
- email: ""
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Dilip"
  last_name: "Pandit"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United\
    \ States)"
contributors: []
sponsoring_organizations:
- organization_name: "USDOE"
  funding_identifiers: []
  primary_award: "NA0003525"
  DOE: true
contributing_organizations: []
research_organizations:
- organization_name: "Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United\
    \ States)"
  DOE: true
related_identifiers: []
award_dois: []
release_date: "2025-11-25"
software_title: "QuESt PCM"
doi: "https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20260212.4"
description: "SAND2025-14369O\nQuESt PCM is a tool for modeling power system production\
  \ cost. It is designed for high-fidelity representation of energy storage systems\
  \ (ESS) and is part of QuESt 2.0: Open-source Platform for Energy Storage Analytics.\
  \ Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated\
  \ by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned\
  \ subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’\
  s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525."
programming_languages:
- "Python"
version_number: "0.0.1"
country_of_origin: "United States"
project_keywords: []
licenses:
- "BSD 3-clause \"New\" or \"Revised\" License"
recipient_org: "Sandia National Laboratories"
site_accession_number: "SCR #3290.0"
date_record_added: "2026-02-12"
date_record_updated: "2026-02-12"
is_file_certified: false
last_editor: "copyrightadmin@sandia.gov"
is_limited: false
links:
- rel: "citation"
  href: "https://www.osti.gov/doecode/biblio/175516"