Expanding the Possibilities: When and Where Can GETS, DERs, and Microgrids Support the Grid of the Future?AExpanding the Possibilities: When and Where Can Grid-Enhancing Technologies, Distributed Energy Resources, and Microgrids Support the Grid of the Future?Srishti Slaria, Molly Robertson, and Karen PalmerReport 23-13 September 2023Resources for the FutureiAbout the AuthorsSrishti Slaria is an economics PhD candidate at the University of Kansas and was a summer 2023 intern at Resources for the Future (RFF). Her current research seeks to explore the impacts of climate change and natural resource scarcity, and the policy implications of the findings. Within energy economics, Slaria’s research focuses on the US electricity sector. In the environmental realm, she has studied household water conservation. In the future, she is especially interested in applying behavioral theories and tools to improve consumer decision-making with regard to energy and environmental behaviors such as conservation, recycling, food waste, and transportation, both in the US and internationally.Molly Robertson is a research associate at RFF working on topics related to the electric power sector, including grid decarbonization, electrification, and electricity market design. She has also contributed to RFF’s growing work on equitable community transition and environmental justice. She holds a master’s in public policy from the University of Michigan’s Ford School.Karen Palmer is a senior fellow at RFF and an expert on the economics of environmental, climate and public utility regulation of the electric power sector. Her work seeks to improve the design of environmental and technology regulations in the sector and the development of new in...
