Welcome!

The National Energy Screening Project (NESP^TM) convenes stakeholders to improve cost-effectiveness screening practices for distributed energy resources (DERs).

Learn about NESP’s mission, purpose and structure.

NESP’s main products and services are:

• National Standard Practice Manual^TM for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Distributed Energy Resources*
• Methods, Tools and Resources: A Handbook for Quantifying Distributed Energy Resource Impacts for Benefit-Cost Analysis (MTR handbook)
• OpenBCA Tool: An NSPM-Based Model for DERs
• Providing technical assistance to states to apply the NSPM; developing case studies
• DEA Guide: Assessing the Distribution of DER Impacts to Different Customers

*Forthcoming in late 2025: NSPM for DERs v2