See EAC recommendations to DOE below on electric grid-related programs and initiatives that identify emerging issues related to production, delivery, end-use, reliability, security, resilience, modeling, and electric utility regulation.
Natural Gas and Electric Critical Infrastructure Coordination
EAC Recommendations – Urgent Needs to Reliably Facilitate the Energy Transition October 2023
FY 2024 Study Activities EAC GRNS
DOE Response to the EAC 8008 Recommendations
EAC 2022 Biennial Energy Storage Review
EAC 8008 Pathways – Expanded Recommendations
National Transmission Corridors Recommendations April 21, 2023
EAC Recommendations: Optimizing Reserves (October 2019)
EAC Recommendations: Framework for a Resilience Handbook (October 2019)
DOE Response to EAC Recommendations for the 2020 Smart Grid System Report (July 2019)
EAC Recommendations: 2018 Biennial Energy Storage Review (June 2019)
EAC Recommendations: The 2020 Smart Grid System Report (June 2019)
DOE Response to EAC Policy Opportunity for Grid Resilience (June 2019)
EAC Recommendations: Policy and Research Opportunities for Grid Resilience (March 2019)
DOE Response to EAC Electric Vehicles Recommendations (August 2018)
DOE Response to EAC Regulatory Reform Recommendations (July 2018)
DOE Response to EAC Transmission-Distribution Interface Report Recommendations (July 2018)
DOE Response to EAC Grid Modernization Recommendations (June 2018)
DOE Response to High Penetration of Energy Storage Resources on the Electricity System (June 2018)
EAC Recommendations: The Transmission-Distribution Interface (June 2018)
EAC Recommendations: A Review of Emerging Energy Storage Technologies (June 2018)
2014 Storage Plan Assessment Recommendations for the U.S. Department of Energy, September 2014
Status and EAC Recommendations for Electricity Delivery Workforce, September 2014
DOE Response to late 2013 EAC Work Products, June 2014
Recommendations on Implementing Effective Enterprise Security Governance, March 2014
Recommendations on the U.S. Electric Grid Resiliency, March 2014
A National Grid Energy Storage Strategy, December 2013
DOE Response to 2013 EAC Work Products, September 2013
Recommendations on Interconnection-Wide Planning, June 2013
Recommendations on the Race to the Top Initiative, June 2013
Recommendations on Consumer Acceptance of Smart Grid, June 2013
Recommendations on the CSG Interstate Transmission Siting Compact, June 2013
Recommendations on the Development of the Next Generation Grid Operating System, October 2012
Recommendations on Non-Wires Solutions, October 2012
Recommendations on Strategic Portable Generation Reserve, October 2012
Recommendations on the Electricity Workforce, October 2012
Recommendations on Next Steps for Smart Grid Outreach and Communications Strategy, October 2012
Recommendations on Energy Storage - 2012 Storage Report: Progress and Prospects, October 2012
Electric Vehicle Deployment: Policy Questions and Impacts to the U.S. Electric Grid, November 2011
Recommendations on U.S. Grid Security, October 2011
Interdependence of Electricity System Infrastructure and Natural Gas Infrastructure, October 2011
Estimating the Value of Electricity Storage Resources in Electricity Markets, October 2011
Update to the 2008 EAC Smart Grid Report, May 2011
Policy Questions on Energy Storage Technologies, April 8, 2011
Memo to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Patricia HoffmanRecommendations to Address Power Reliability Concerns, March 10, 2011
Memo to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Patricia HoffmanEnergy Storage Activities in the United States Electricity Grid, May 2011