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The National Energy Screening Project (NESPTM) 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 ManualTM 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