Overview
Personal Profile
Brittany Speetles is an energy technology and policy researcher. She provides support on decarbonization strategies to expedite deployment of clean energy solutions. Speetles is a certified engineer in training.
Research Interests
Community energy solutions
Energy access and affordability
Solar PV systems, operation and maintenance
Grid edge solutions and flexibility
Energy-water-food nexus
Circular economy
Professional Experience
Speetles has prior experience researching a variety of topics, including supply chain analyses of the energy-water-food nexus, robust quantitative analyses of electricity markets and methods of representative day selection in capacity expansion modeling. She has also assisted in analyzing climate policies for utilities and municipalities and has helped to project techno-economic peak demand/load estimates that incorporate demand-side electrification of buildings, transportation, and industrial processes.
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Fluid Systems), University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Potential Solutions to Demand Growth in Virginia: Options for Demand Flexibility
Estreich, E., Speetles, B. & Hale, E., 2025, 109 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Virtual Power Plants: Pilots, Challenges, and Innovations Shaping Future Development
Ding, F., Utkarsh, K., Dugan, J., Speetles, B., Choi, S. & Kroposki, B., 2025, In: IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 23, 6, p. 32-47 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Energy Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship: Insights From the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions 2024 Energy Technology University Prize Faculty Track
Speetles, B., Zimny-Schmitt, D., Wegner Guilfoyle, K. & Simon, J., 2024, 27 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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The Impacts on California of Expanded Regional Cooperation to Operate the Western Grid (Final Report)
Hurlbut, D., Greenfogel, M. & Speetles, B., 2023, 125 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Virtual Power Plants and Energy Justice
Speetles, B., Lockhart, E. & Warren, A., 2023, 49 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report