EMP at Berkeley Lab

The Energy Markets & Planning Department at Berkeley Lab conducts technical, economic, and policy analysis of energy topics in the U.S. electricity sector.

[Will Gorman @whgorman]

🚨 🚨 ICYMI 🚨 🚨

We released our latest queue dataset! Check it out here: https://t.co/p3QUIUeKug

Thread below with some of the highlights 👇️ 👇️

Thanks to the @BerkeleyLabEMP team (@rand_joseph, Anna Cheyette, Ryan Wiser, @jo_seel) and @interconnectfyi

[Ari Peskoe @AriPeskoe]

And as LBNL's new slide deck explains with this simple graphic, "Load Growth" can increase or decrease rates.

[Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLab]

Berkeley Lab is headed to the #NationalLabSLAM!

Our finalist Yashwanth Balaji from our @molecularfndry is tackling a hidden challenge in quantum computing: protecting delicate quantum bits from cosmic rays.

#NLSLAM26 @doescience

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

The team that wrote the magisterial study below has produced an update. As usual, lots of good stuff - with a conclusion that electricity prices are only starting to see an uptick.

But everything about the environment is flashing red lights! Like this slide, downright scary:

[Grayson Flood @grayson_flood]

Babe wake up, new @LBNL report on retail electricity prices just dropped. 🧵 1/

https://t.co/bFeJXu4YZg

[Ari Peskoe @AriPeskoe]

LBNL just released an updated analysis of retail electricity price trends.

Packed with credible data and analysis, including clarifications about data centers -- https://t.co/HSlAecpCgH

[Berkeley Lab ETA @BerkeleyLabETA]

Data center growth is staggering. @BerkeleyLabETA and @DOECMEI are working to advance options to reduce the impact on the grid with the Data Center Cooling Collaborative. Read details here: https://t.co/RpWKBdPkPw

[EMP at Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLabEMP]

Check out the report here, in the Journal of Building Engineering: https://t.co/Tv0qHgnvk0

LBNL will host a webinar on this article on 4/2 at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Register here: https://t.co/WzKMgan3Tl /END

[EMP at Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLabEMP]

Data on electrical panels is important for understanding the cost and grid impacts of adding new load to homes. New @BerkeleyLab research has nationwide estimates of electrical panel capacity, available breaker space, and panel headroom for new loads in single-family homes. 1/x

[EMP at Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLabEMP]

We estimate that electrical panels (even small ones) in most homes have capacity to accommodate new loads. The median 100A panel in our model has up to 62A of headroom. This headroom may enable many homes to avoid electrical panel replacements when adding new loads. 4/x

[Berkeley Lab ETA @BerkeleyLabETA]

Electricity demand is surging but @BerkeleyLabETA and @DOECMEI are exploring new ways to harness existing capacity through demand flexibility. Read about the innovative program REFLEX in the project brief: https://t.co/RpWKBdPkPw

[Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLab]

Big advances start with better building blocks. At Berkeley Lab, we invent the techniques industry needs to turn next-generation #microelectronics into real-world applications, speeding the path from research to use. #DiscoveryToDelivery https://t.co/7zPbiIdfZq

[Berkeley Lab ETA @BerkeleyLabETA]

In case you missed our webinar on @BerkeleyLab's REFA tool, developed in parternship with @DOEelectricity, the recording is linked below. The video provides a walk-through of the tool, complete with real-world transmission line upgrade scenarios.

https://t.co/7wOSkDgtdZ

[EMP at Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLabEMP]

In case you missed our webinar with @NARUC and @NASEO on January 23, 2026, you can watch the presentation and download the slides here: https://t.co/GL2UWvThfg /END

[EMP at Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLabEMP]

State agencies and utilities are encouraged to apply for free technical assistance to develop and implement regulatory sandboxes for advanced transmission and distribution technologies by February 13th. Find out more at https://t.co/MkmcjpT8zq.

What is a regulatory sandbox? -->

[EMP at Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLabEMP]

For more information on sandboxes and other innovation mechanisms, see the @BerkeleyLab report at https://t.co/h9PbuchzRQ. 4/x