Stanford
EARNEST Consortium

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Agarwal, A., Donti, P. L., Kolter, J. Z., & Pileggi, L. (2025). Large Scale Bilevel Optimization for N-K SCOPF Using Adversarial Robustness. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2025.3579521
  2. Anton, L., & Ilić, M. (2025). Probabilistic Deliverability Assessment of Distributed Energy Resources via Scenario-Based AC Optimal Power Flow. Energies,18(18):4832. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18184832
  3. Li, C., Li, F., Jiang, S., & Wang, J., (2025). Energy Equity: From Sociological Concept to Engineering Perspective of Electric Power Systems. Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering. https://https://doi.org/10.1038/24-0201V2  
  4. McKinley, P., Wilber, M., & Whitney, E. (2025). Learning from Arctic Microgrids: Cost and Resiliency Projections for Renewable Energy Expansion with Hydrogen and Battery Storage. Sustainability Journal,17, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17135996
  5. Saad, D., Sodwatana, M., Sherwin, E., & Brandt, A. (2025). Energy Storage in Combined Gas-Electric Energy Transitions Models: The Case of California. Applied Energy, 385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125480
  6. Sun, T., Feng, Y., Zanocco, C., Flora, L., Majumdar, A., & Rajagopal, R. (2025). Solar and battery can reduce energy costs and provide affordable outage backup for US households. Nature Energy, 10, 1025–1040 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01821-w
  7. Sun, T., Feng, Y., Zanocco, C., Flora, L., Majumdar, A., & Rajagopal, R. (2025). Solar and batteries are affordable options for US households. Nature Energy, 10, 928–929 (. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01822-9
  8. Sun, T., Zanocco, C., Flora, J., Sheshadri, A., & Rajagopal, R. (2025). Unified 0.25-degree gridded infrastructure-critical extreme weather for the United States from 1979 to 2100. Scientific Data, 12, 1544. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05918-5

Conference Publications (Papers and Posters)

  1. Ilić, M., Anton, L., & Jaddivada, R. (2024). AC-Extended Optimal Power Flow (AC XOPF) for Reliable Grid Operations and Planning in Support of Energy Transition: Puerto Rico Power Grid Case. 14ᵗʰ Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion (MEDPOWER 2024). Best Paper Award.
  2. Tehranchi, K. (2025). The Impact of Transmission Spatial Resolution in Disjoint Electricity System Planning. Energy Science & Engineering in 2050, Stanford University. Poster.
  3. Wilber, M. (2025). Short-Term Electric Load Forecasting for a Residential Household in Alaska. 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting. Poster.
  4. Zhang, A. (2025). Quantifying Climate Change Impacts on Constrained Electricity Systems. Energy Science & Engineering in 2050, Stanford University. Poster.

Conference Presentations

  1. Angliviel de La Beaumelle, N.. (2024). Expert Elicitation on the Feasibility, Economic Viability, and Risks for Offshore Wind in California. USAEE 41st Annual Conference, November 4, 2024.
  2. Brenner, A., Khorramfar, R., Sun, J., & Suarabh, A., (2025). A Deep Generative Learning Approach for Two-Stage Adaptive Robust Optimization. International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT).
  3. Cliff, G. (2025). Machine Learning Characterization of Offshore Wind in Texas. UT Energy Week, March 2025.
  4. Tehranchi, K. (2025). How Generation Plans Influence Downstream Transmission Investments. Transmission Planning Summit: Modernizing Transmission Planning for an Uncertain Future, June 19, 2025, Sacramento, CA.
  5. Tehranchi, K. (2025). PyPSA-USA: A Flexible and Open-source Electricity System Planning Model for the United States. MIT Energy Initiative. February 2025.
  6. Thernachi, K. (2025). PyPSA-USA: PyPSA-USA: A Flexible and Open-source Electricity System Planning Model for the United States. Catalyst Cooperative Open Energy Data for All. February 2025.
  7. Wang, J., Raut, B., Moustakes, T., Jackson, R. C., McCalley, J., & Collis, S. M. (2025). Evaluation of Derecho Wind Gusts in Convection-Permitting Climate Simulations using WSR-88D and HRRR Wind Data. Poster 452263, 105ᵗʰ AMS Annual Meeting.
  8. Wara, M. (2025). Wildfire Mitigation: What is the Plan? Conference of California Public Utility Counsel. Panelist. March 2025.
  9. Suri, D. (2025). Resource-aware Real-time Operations for Legacy Electricity Grids. EPRI Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation for the Electric Grid Summit, January 6, 2025. Session Keynote.
  10. Suri, D. (2024). Operational Wind Speed Forecasts using Machine Learning. 2024 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, December 10, 2024.

Dissertations and Theses

  1. Angliviel de La Beaumelle, N. (2025). Renewable Potentials and Floating Offshore Wind Integration in California. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University.
  2. Blum, S. (2025). Geographic Scale and Peak Power Loads from Heat Pump Adoption. M.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  3. Laurentiu Lucian, A. (2024). AC Optimal Power Flow for Physically and Economically Informed Grid Decarbonization. M.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. EECS Gullemin Prize for Best Thesis.
  4. Sun, T. (2025). The Climate-Power Nexus: Modeling Climate Risks, Power Outages, and End-User Adaptation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University.

Other Publications (webinars, policy briefs, testimonies, etc)

  1. Ahumada-Paras, M. & Mastrandrea, M. Grid Regionalization In The West: Reliability Benefits From Increased Cooperation In Electricity Markets And Operations. Climate and Energy Policy Program, August 20, 2024. Webinar.
  2. Lappen, J. & Mastrandrea, M. The Unseen Competition in the Energy Transition: Acknowledging and Addressing Inter-Utility Competition to Achieve Managed Decarbonization. Climate and Energy Policy Program, October 2, 2024. Webinar.
  3. Smith, L.  & Mastrandrea, M. Reallocating the Residential California Climate Credit to Low-income Customers. January 2025. Webinar.
  4. Smith, L., Mastrandrea, M., & Wara, M. Reallocating the Residential California Climate Credit to Low-Income Customers. Climate and Energy Policy Program, December 13, 2024. Policy Brief.
  5. Wara, M. Testimony at the California State Assembly Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies. February 2025. Testimony.
  6. Wara, M. Testimony to California’s Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee. February 2025. Testimony.
  7. Wara, M. (moderator), Serizawa, L., Peterman, C., & Roedner Sutter, L. Reallocating the Residential California Climate Credit to Low-income Customers. January 2025. Panel.
  8. Wara, M. Grid Regionalization in the West: Reliability Benefits from Increased Cooperation in Electricity Markets and Operations. IEPR Commissioner Workshop on Regional Electricity Markets and Coordination, California Energy Commission workshop to discuss the West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative, January 24, 2025. Workshop presentation
  9. Wara, M. Permitting Reform to Facilitate the Transition to Clean Energy: Informational Hearing of the California Assembly Select Committee on Permitting Reform. November 20, 2024. Testimony.
  10. Wara, M. (moderator), Grab, D., Gundlash, J., & Bloomberg, M. The Unseen Competition in the Energy Transition: Acknowledging and Addressing Inter-Utility Competition to Achieve Managed Decarbonization. Climate and Energy Policy Program, October 2, 2024. Panel.
  11. Wara, M. (moderator), Crowley, S., Staks, K., &  Batjer, M. Grid Regionalization In The West: Reliability Benefits From Increased Cooperation In Electricity Markets And Operations. Climate and Energy Policy Program, August 20, 2024. Panel.

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The publications listed above were based (fully or partially) upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology Office, Award Number DE-EE0010724.

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