Consultant
Parker Wild

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Parker Wild

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Parker Wild supports E3’s Integrated System Planning group. Prior to E3, he completed two years of fellowship rotations in the federal government through Princeton University’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI), with placements at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. While at NREL, Parker contributed to research on the techno-economic potential of distributed energy resources and conducted policy analysis for cities seeking to decarbonize their electricity grids. He holds a Master in Public Affairs and Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University. 

Parker’s interest in energy and the environment stems from time spent outdoors in his home state of Maine. He was drawn to E3 because of their position as a trusted advisor to policymakers, regulators, and utilities at the forefront of the energy transition. While at E3, he hopes to inform the development of evidence-based policy that facilitates a more equitable and sustainable energy system.

In his free time, Parker enjoys cycling, taking care of plants, and exploring the outdoors. 

Education: MPA, Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, and BSE, Computer Science, Princeton University

Projects

Storage Adoption Strategy | Glendale Water and Power Solar, 2024

After the Glendale City Council passed a city-wide goal of achieving 10% adoption of customer solar and storage technologies by 2027 and additional 100 MW peak dispatchable and peak load-reducing capacity, Glendale Water and Power (GWP), the municipal utility, enlisted E3 to help it devise a strategy to reach that goal equitably and cost-effectively. E3 employed the IDSM tool to assess the predicted adoption of distributed solar and storage according to several different scenarios with varying utility incentives and rate designs. The scenarios were evaluated not only on whether they reached the 10% target but also on their ability to attribute the benefits of DERs equitably among more than a dozen different customer segments. System-wide impacts on emissions, ratepayer impacts, and utility avoided costs were calculated with the outputs of the IDSM tool.

The balance between affordability and adoption impact is a careful consideration when selecting program portfolios to ensure equitable growth. IDSM modeling results enable the E3 team to reveal the feasibility of achieving the 10% adoption target through a strategic combination of robust community outreach, utility incentives, and a rate design that encourages adoption while also mitigating ratepayer impacts.


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