Optimizing equity in energy policy interventions: A quantitative decision-support framework for energy justice

Heleno, Miguel; Sigrin, Benjamin; Popovich, Natalie; Heeter, Jenny; Jain Figueroa, Anjuli; Reiner, Michael; Reames, Tony

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119771

Title: Optimizing equity in energy policy interventions: A quantitative decision-support framework for energy justice

Journal Article · 10 August 2022 · Applied Energy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119771 · OSTI ID:1884805

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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States)

This paper presents a quantitative framework to support policy decision-making around equitable energy interventions. By combining sociodemographic and techno-economic models in the energy space, we propose a linear programming model to calculate the optimal portfolio of energy investments that explicitly minimizes the energy burden of a given population of energy insecure households. The model is formulated as a multi-objective optimization suitable to support the decisions on weatherization and deployment of distributed energy resources. We illustrate our methodology with a case study involving a population of 14,043 energy insecure households in Wayne County, Detroit, United States.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Economic Impact and Diversity (ED); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1884805

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-7A40-83854; MainId:84627; UUID:a3f6f17b-630b-41cd-84ee-f41947824fb4; MainAdminID:65241

Journal Information:: Applied Energy, Journal Name: Applied Energy Vol. 325; ISSN 0306-2619

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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