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Kendall Mongird

Kendall Mongird

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Portland Office
620 SW FIFTH AVE, SUITE #810
Portland, OR 97204
(971) 940-7102

Biography

Kendall joined the Energy Policy & Economics Group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2017. She is currently a Senior Associate Energy Research Economist and works on analytics for various types of energy storage technologies as well as other research topics. She holds an MSc. in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a BSc in Quantitative Economics from California Polytechnic State University.

Research Interests

  • Environmental Assessment and Evaluation
  • Game Theory
  • Machine Learning/Data Science
  • Econometric Analysis
  • Benefit-Cost Analysis

Education and Credentials

  • B.S., Quantitative Economics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, 2015
  • M.S., Economics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2016

PNNL Publications

2022

2021

  • Balducci P.J., K. Mongird, and M.R. Weimar. 2021. "Understanding the value of energy storage for power system reliability and resilience applications." Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports 8, no. 3:131 - 137. PNNL-SA-159847. doi:10.1007/s40518-021-00183-7
  • Barrows S.E., K. Mongird, B. Naughton, and R. Darbali-Zamora. 2021. "Valuation of Distributed Wind in an Isolated System." Energies 14, no. 21:Article No. 6956. PNNL-SA-166260. doi:10.3390/en14216956
  • Mongird K., and S.E. Barrows. 2021. The Value of Distributed Wind: A Valuation Framework. PNNL-31127. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The Value of Distributed Wind: A Valuation Framework
  • Oikonomou K., K. Mongird, J.S. Rice, and J.S. Homer. 2021. "Resilience of Interdependent Water and Power Systems: A Literature Review and Conceptual Modeling Framework." Water 13, no. 20:Art. No. 2846. PNNL-SA-165703. doi:10.3390/w13202846
  • Vernon C.R., J.S. Rice, N. Zuljevic, K. Mongird, K.D. Nelson, G.C. Iyer, and N. Voisin, et al. 2021. "cerf: A Python package to evaluate the feasibility and costs of power plant siting for alternative futures." Journal of Open Source Software 6, no. 65:Art. No. 3601. PNNL-SA-164611. doi:10.21105/joss.03601

2020

  • Balducci P.J., D. Wu, T. Ramachandran, A.M. Campbell, V. Fotedar, K. Mongird, and S. Huang, et al. 2020. Power-to-Gas System Valuation - Final Report. PNNL-ACT-10095. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Power-to-Gas System Valuation - Final Report
  • Balducci P.J., K. Mongird, D. Wu, D. Wang, V. Fotedar, and R.T. Dahowski. 2020. "An Evaluation of the Economic and Resilience Benefits of a Microgrid in Northampton, Massachusetts." Energies 13, no. 18:4802. PNNL-SA-155031. doi:10.3390/en13184802
  • Balducci P.J., K. Mongird, M.E. Alam, D. Wu, V. Fotedar, V.V. Viswanathan, and A.J. Crawford, et al. 2020. Washington Clean Energy Fund Grid Modernization Projects: Economic Analysis. PNNL-30594. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Washington Clean Energy Fund Grid Modernization Projects: Economic Analysis
  • Crawford A.J., D. Wu, V.V. Viswanathan, P.J. Balducci, C.K. Vartanian, T.D. Hardy, and M.E. Alam, et al. 2020. Washington Clean Energy Fund: Energy Storage System Consolidated Performance Test Results. PNNL-29378. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Washington Clean Energy Fund: Energy Storage System Consolidated Performance Test Results
  • Douville T.C., D. Bhatnagar, R.S. O'Neil, and K. Mongird. 2020. Exploring the Grid Value Potential of Offshore Wind Energy in Oregon. PNNL-29935. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Exploring the Grid Value Potential of Offshore Wind Energy in Oregon
  • Mongird K., V.V. Viswanathan, P.J. Balducci, M.E. Alam, V. Fotedar, V.S. Koritarov, and B. Hadjerioua. 2020. "An Evaluation of Energy Storage Cost and Performance Characteristics." Energies 13, no. 13:3307. PNNL-SA-150068. doi:10.3390/en13133307
  • Wu D., P.J. Balducci, A.J. Crawford, K. Mongird, and X. Ma. 2020. "Building Battery Energy Storage System Performance Data into an Economic Assessment." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2020), August 2-6, 2020, Montreal, Canada, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-149037. doi:10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9282053

2019

2018

  • Viswanathan V.V., A.J. Crawford, M.E. Alam, P.J. Balducci, D. Wu, T.D. Hardy, and K. Mongird. 2018. Snohomish Public Utility District: An Assessment of Battery Technical Performance. PNNL-27237. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

2017

  • Alam M.E., P.J. Balducci, V.V. Viswanathan, A.J. Crawford, D. Wu, T.D. Hardy, and K. Mongird. 2017. "CONTROLLING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE WASHINGTON CLEAN ENERGY FUND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS." In Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT 2017), October 11-13, 2017, San Diego, CA. Albuquerque, New Mexico:Sandia National Laboratories. PNNL-SA-131851.
  • Balducci P.J., M.E. Alam, V.V. Viswanathan, D. Wu, A.J. Crawford, K. Mongird, and M.R. Weimar, et al. 2017. "An Economic Assessment of Portland General Electric's Salem Smart Power Center Energy Storage System." In Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT 2017), October 11-13, 2017, San Diego, CA. Albuquerque, New Mexico:Sandia National Laboratories. PNNL-SA-129062.
  • Balducci P.J., M.E. Alam, V.V. Viswanathan, D. Wu, A.J. Crawford, K. Mongird, and M.R. Weimar, et al. 2017. The Salem Smart Power Center: An Assessment of Battery Performance and Economic Potential. PNNL-26858. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. doi:10.2172/1406263.The Salem Smart Power Center: An Assessment of Battery Performance and Economic Potential

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