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Sumitrra Ganguli

Sumitrra Ganguli

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 375-6729

Biography

Sumitrra joined PNNL's Richland office in the fall of 2018 and is currently working on a wide range of energy economics and analysis projects. Prior to PNNL, she was teaching in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland. She holds a BSc (with Honors) in Economics, an MA in Economics and a PhD in Economics with a focus on Monetary Policy and Applied Time Series Analysis. Her current work includes analyzing the market for 2nd and 3rd generation bio-fuels in India, developing a model to study the spatial diffusion of electric vehicles in the Seattle metropolitan area and model development to gauge the affordability of electricity for industrial and commercial consumers.

Research Interests

  • Techno-economic Analysis
  • General Equilibrium Modelling
  • Spatial models

Education and Credentials

  • Bachelor of Science in Economics (with Honors), Presidency College, Calcutta, India
  • Master of Arts in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
  • PhD in Economics (Monetary Economics and Applied Time Series Analysis), University of Missouri - Columbia

PNNL Publications

2022

  • Antonopoulos C.A., P.K. Gunderson, T.J. Pilet, S. Ganguli, J. Zhang, T.D. Ashley, and P. Huelman, et al. 2022. Wall Upgrades for Energy Retrofits: A Techno-Economic Study. PNNL-32231. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Wall Upgrades for Energy Retrofits: A Techno-Economic Study
  • Ganguli S., A. Somani, and T.D. Hardy. 2022. "Allocation Mechanisms in Rationed Markets." In 2020 IEEE PES Transactive Energy Systems Conference (TESC), 1 - 5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-156081. doi:10.1109/TESC50295.2020.9656939

2021

2020

  • Anderson D.M., K.A. Cort, S. Ganguli, and S.R. Bender. 2020. 2020 Review Panel Workshop on Energy Intensity Indicators: Summary Findings and Meeting Notes. PNNL-29798. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 2020 Review Panel Workshop on Energy Intensity Indicators: Summary Findings and Meeting Notes
  • Belzer D.B., K.A. Cort, and S. Ganguli. 2020. A Comprehensive System of Energy Intensity Indicators for the U.S.: Methods, Data and Key Trends. PNNL-22267 Rev. 3. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. A Comprehensive System of Energy Intensity Indicators for the U.S.: Methods, Data and Key Trends
  • Ganguli S., H. Nagda, C.A. Antonopoulos, J. Zhang, C.E. Metzger, and M.C. Baechler. 2020. "Scaling Deep Energy Retrofits for Residential Walls - Energy, Cost, and Economic Assessment of Five Wall Systems." In ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17, 21, 2020. Virtual, Online, 5-129 - 5-143. Washington, District Of Columbia:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-152405.

2019

2018

Energy and Environment

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