DEPARTMENT or

Energy Ef?ciency 

ENERGY Renewable Energy

 

Appendix A: Review Tiers for EERE-Funded Studies

Tier
Tier

 

 

 

 

 

Report, Content

Requirw

 

 

0 Impact of existing or proposed federal, state, local and/or tribal policies and
regulations on technology commercialization and/or market adoption

0 New policy or regulatory suggestions or discussion

0 Energy industries or sector comparisons fossil, nuclear, renewables)

0 Grid reliability1

0 New economic models or projections using previously developed econo
models for an entire energy sector. If the study only references previously
published EIA models and projections, then no review is needed

0 New energy market trends or projections renewable energy indu
grow by x% by 2030). Include studies of realized energy and economic
impacts based on commercialized technologies that benefitted from prior
EERE funding. If the study only references previously published EIA trends
and projections, then no review is needed

0 New consumer acceptance or public opinion data generated by DOE

0 Actual or potential overlap with EIA studies or other reoccurring federal
studies focused on energy production, distribution or energy efficiency

0 Congressionally mandated reports or Congressionally mandated
committees reports and outputs (EERE Legislative Affairs team will
document and review with Senior Leadership)

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Cognizant DAS
informational
review and
approval are
required prior to
finding.


awareness prior
to funding is
also required.

 

 

Tier

 

 

 

 

- Standard research knowledge products or reports required under normal
project management without Tier 1 content technical reports
summarizing the results of early stage research, quarterly progress reports,
final reports)

0 Reports resulting from normal project or program evaluations Peer
Review Report)

 

- Resource potential assessments, techno?economic analyses (TEAs) that
assess or confirm the technological potential or progress of components or
only. Resource assessments or TEAs with policy implications or
assumptions should be considered Tier 1 content, as are TEAS that examine
integrated system potential

0 Standard evaluation and measurements of knowledge benefits 
bibliometric, patents) supported by prior EERE funding

 

0 Federal and DOE Laboratory authorship or co-authorship on scientific and
professional journal articles published with the disclaimer: ?The views
expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S.

 

Department of Energy or the United States Government.? (DOE 0 411.2)

 

 

No advanced
approval or
information
review required

 

 

 

1 The North American Electric Reliability Corporation the federally approved organization responsible for developing reliability standards for the bulk
power system- defines grid reliability in terms of two core concepts: (1) Adequacy. The ability of the electricity system to supply the aggregate electrical dem'
and energy requirements of the end-use customers at all times, taking into account scheduled and reasonably expected unscheduled outages of system 
elements; and (2) Operating reliability. The ability of the bulk power system to withstand sudden disturbances, such as electric short circuits or the unantici 
loss of system elements from credible contingencies, while avoiding uncontrolled cascading blackouts or damage to equipment. Pat;