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About the Research Project
This section of Microgrids.io presents the results of a multi-year research project that explored the range of critical challenges currently facing the successful procurement and financing of local government microgrids. The project was undertaken by the N.J. Board of Public Utilities with financial support from the United States Department of Energy.
The project resulted in a comprehensive Final Report, together with a series of short Fact Sheets and accompanying Webinars focused on eight key categories of challenges impacting the development of successful local government microgrids:
- Current Status & Challenges
- Procurement Challenges
- Financing Challenges
- Public Policy Challenges
- EDC Challenges
- Technology Challenges
- Other Challenges
- Moving Beyond the Challenges
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About the Research Project Team
The research project was undertaken by a multi-disciplinary team led by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and supported by the Centers for Building Knowledge and Resilient Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and by the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University.
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
- Kevin Dillon — Clean Energy Specialist, Project Manager
- James Ferris — Bureau Chief of New Technology, Clean Energy Division
NJIT Centers for Building Knowledge and Resilient Design
- Terra Meierdierck-Miller, MAT — Project Manager
- Victoria Dollon, J.D. — Project Assistant
- Deane Evans, FAIA — Executive Director, Program Director
Bloustein Local Government Research Center, Rutgers University
- Marc Pfeiffer — Senior Policy Fellow and Assistant Director, Program Director