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Personal Profile
In his role, Luke Lavin is primarily interested in how electricity market design and pricing affects adoption and operation of electric generating, storage, and other resources. Lavin uses Python/Pyomo, R, Julia/JuMP, and his analytical skills to contribute to NLR’s suite of models for investigating questions in these research areas and communicates findings and challenges.
Research Interests
Electricity markets
Resource adequacy
Energy storage resources
Demand flexibility
Retail rate design
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (2021–2021)
Affiliate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2016–2017)
Associate, Energy + Environmental Economics (2014–2016)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Physics and Anthropology, Amherst College
PhD, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Data Centers Gap Analysis
Estreich, E., Lavin, L. & Chernyakhovskiy, I., 2026, 41 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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How Improved Forecasting Can Increase the Bulk Power System Value of Price-Responsive Electric Vehicle Managed Charging
Lavin, L. & Hale, E., 2026, 40 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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A Forward-Looking Dataset of EV Managed Charging Resource and Costs
Borlaug, B., Reinicke, N., Yip, A., Ledna, C., Jadun, P., Sun, J., Liu, B., Hale, E., Vanatta, M., Matsuda-Dunn, R., Konar-Steenberg, G. & Lavin, L., 2025, 28 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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A Perspective on Lessons Learned and Future Needs for Wind Energy Field Campaigns: Article No. 032302
Bodini, N., Moriarty, P., Letizia, S., Mann, J., Wharton, S., Deskos, G., Doubrawa, P., Fast, J., Hamilton, N., Herges, T., Kaul, C., Kelley, C., Krishnamurthy, R., Lavin, L., Lundquist, J., Maniaci, D. & Naughton, J., 2025, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 17, 3, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Considerations for Distributed Edge Data Centers and Use of Building Loads to Support Large Interconnections
Garg, A., Booten, C., Van Geet, O., Pless, S., Stenger, K., Vidal, J., Jackson, R., Lavin, L. & Prabakar, K., 2025, 25 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report