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MIcrogrid and Local Clean Energy Project Evaluation
Methodologies, Criteria, and Resources

Working Guide, November 2014 (Updated February 2015)

Microgrid valuation models and cost-benefit tools:

NYSERDA Microgrids for Critical Facility Resiliency Report (December 2014)
(Cost-benefit analysis methodology (p.138))
https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/-/media/Files/Publications/Research/Electic-Power-Delivery/Microgrids-for-Critical-Facility-NYS.pdf

Valuing Energy Security:
 Customer Damage Function Methodology and Case Studies at DoD Installations (October 2012)

http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo30706/55913.pdf

Clean energy, and combined heat and power (CHP) project evaluation:

U.S. DOE CHP and DG Deployment Resources
http://www.energy.gov/eere/amo/technical-white-papers

Rutgers University Costs and Benefits of Combined Heat and Power (used by NJBPU in NJ Clean Energy Program)
http://ceeep.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CHPCostBenefitAnalysis.pdf

U.S. EPA CHP Partnership – CHP Project Development Handbook
http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f4/chp_project_development_handbook.pdf

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development CHP Feasibility Screening Guide for Multifamily Housing
http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f4/chpguide2.pdf

NYSERDA CHP Acceleration Program
http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Energy-Innovation-and-Business-Development/Research-and-Development/Onsite-Power-Applications/Combined-Heat-and-Power.aspx

University of Illinois at Chicago CHP Resource Guide
http://www.midwestchptap.org/Archive/pdfs/Resource_Guide_10312005_Final_Rev5.pdf

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Pilot CHP Program
http://www.erc.uic.edu/energy-efficiency/illinois-energy-now-programs/dceo-chp-pilot-program/

District Energy St. Paul “Energy Island” Study (including evaluation methodology and tools)
http://www.districtenergy.com/2013/02/studies-and-reports/

NREL Framework for Evaluating the Total Value Proposition of Clean Energy Technologies 

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/38597.pdf

Lessons Learned from Net Zero Energy Assessments and Renewable Energy Projects at Military Installations (September 2011)

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/51598.pdf

Green Banks etc.:

Connecticut Green Bank (formerly CEFIA)
http://www.ctcleanenergy.com/

Maryland Green Bank (in development)
http://mdcleanenergy.org/green-bank-study

New York Green Bank
http://greenbank.ny.gov/

New Jersey Resilience Bank
http://www.njerb.com/





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