Other Resources

State Benefit-Cost Analysis Practices: Accounting for Non-Utility System Impacts of Select Distributed Energy Resources. Report prepared for NESP by AnnDyl Policy Group, 2025

Database of Screening Practices

The DSP provides information regarding state cost-effectiveness screening practices for ratepayer-funded electric and natural gas energy efficiency programs from 52 jurisdiction. States can use the DSP to learn about other states’ practices, and to readily access and better understand policies, processes, and studies that support assumptions used by states in their benefit-cost analyses (BCA). The DSP can also help to identify where and how states are using the NSPM to guide their BCA practices. The DSP was fully updated prior to transferring from NESP to ACEEE in early 2025.

Benefit-Cost Analysis for Utility-Facing Grid Modernization Investments: Trends, Challenges, and Considerations. Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium Report and Presentation, 2021

Measuring Three Rs of Electric Energy Efficiency: Risk, Reliability, and Resilience. ACEEE Topic Brief, 2020

Guidance on Measuring the Economic Development Benefits of Energy Efficiency  ACEEE Topic Brief, 2019

CASE STUDIES: See the application of NSPM by states.