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Kendall joined the Energy Policy & Economics Group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2017. She is currently a Senior Associate Research Economist and works on projects in a variety of areas including the Capacity Expansion Reasonable Feasibility model, water-power interconnection and resilience, distributed energy resource valuation, energy storage cost and performance evaluation, and others.

• Data analysis & visualization
• Economics & econometrics
• Game theory
• Machine learning

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

2020 – Outstanding Performance Award

2020 – Electricity Infrastructure & Buildings Division Early Career Researcher Award (Finalist)

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
• 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

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

• Balducci P.J., K. Mongird, A. Somani, D. Wu, Y. Yuan, R. Fan, and M.E. Alam, et al. 2019. Shell Energy North America's Hydro Battery System: Final Market Assessment Report. PNNL-27620. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Shell Energy North America's Hydro Battery System: Final Market Assessment Report
• Balducci P.J., M.E. Alam, T.E. McDermott, V. Fotedar, X. Ma, D. Wu, and B. Bhatti, et al. 2019. Nantucket Island Energy Storage System Assessment. PNNL-28941. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Nantucket Island Energy Storage System Assessment
• Crawford A.J., V.V. Viswanathan, C.K. Vartanian, K. Mongird, M.E. Alam, D. Wu, and P.J. Balducci. 2019. Puget Sound Energy Glacier Energy Storage System - An Assessment of Battery Technical Performance. PNNL-28379. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Puget Sound Energy Glacier Energy Storage System - An Assessment of Battery Technical Performance
• Crawford A.J., V.V. Viswanathan, M.E. Alam, P.J. Balducci, D. Wu, C.K. Vartanian, and K. Mongird. 2019. Snohomish Public Utility District MESA 2. PNNL-28478. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Snohomish Public Utility District MESA 2
• Fotedar V., P.J. Balducci, W.M. Warwick, D. Wu, D. Wang, and K. Mongird. 2019. Opportunities for Dispatchable Power Projects in the New England Independent System Operator Area. PNNL-29279. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Opportunities for Dispatchable Power Projects in the New England Independent System Operator Area
• Mongird K., V.V. Viswanathan, P.J. Balducci, M.E. Alam, V. Fotedar, V.S. Koritarov, and B. Hadjerioua. 2019. Energy Storage Technology and Cost Characterization Report. PNNL-28866. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Energy Storage Technology and Cost Characterization Report
• Yuan Y., P.J. Balducci, K. Mongird, V. Fotedar, D. Wu, and D. Bhatnagar. 2019. Hawaiian Electric Companies Demand Response Tool. PNNL-28956. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Hawaiian Electric Companies Demand Response Tool

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