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Bethel Tarekegne joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in 2021 and is an energy equity and renewables researcher. Tarekegne’s work focuses on understanding the social equity implications of renewable energy technologies. She is currently exploring the equity and justice implications of energy storage for the Department of Energy, Office of Electricity’s Energy Storage program, discovering ways that energy storage can benefit underserved communities. Bethel’s work in this space sets the framework for applying energy justice principles to storage technologies. She is also investigating how storage can provide local non-energy benefits by developing fundamental data and metrics to measure these benefits.

• Energy Justice
• Energy Storage
• Distributed Energy Resources
• Energy Policy

• Energy Policy
• Energy Regulation
• Equity Research Analysis
• Renewable Energy Policy
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Statistical Data Analysis

• PhD, Environmental and Energy Policy, Michigan Technological University, 2020
• MPP, Energy Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016
• BS, Electrical Engineering, Benedict College, 2013

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), member; IEEE Women in Engineering and IEEE Young Professionals, member
• IEEE Power & Energy Society, member
• National Society of Black Engineers, member

2021

• Homer J.S., A.C. Orrell, B.W. Tarekegne, J.C. Fuller, Z. Huang, and D. Corbus. 2021. Wind Systems Integration Workshop. PNNL-32192. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Wind Systems Integration Workshop
• Lessick J.D., B.W. Tarekegne, and R.S. O'Neil. 2021. Business Models for Coal Plant Decommissioning. PNNL-31348. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Business Models for Coal Plant Decommissioning
• Tarekegne B.W., B. Pennell, D.C. Preziuso, and R.S. O'Neil. 2021. Review of Energy Equity Metrics. PNNL-32179. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Review of Energy Equity Metrics
• Tarekegne B.W., K. Kazimierczuk, and R.S. O'Neil. 2021. Coal-dependent Communities in Transition: Identifying Best Practices to Ensure Equitable Outcomes. PNNL-31909. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Coal-dependent Communities in Transition: Identifying Best Practices to Ensure Equitable Outcomes
• Tarekegne B.W., R.S. O'Neil, and J.B. Twitchell. 2021. "Energy Storage as an Equity Asset." Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports 8, no. 3:149-155. PNNL-SA-162218. doi:10.1007/s40518-021-00184-6
• Tarekegne B.W., R.S. O'Neil, and S.R. Michener. 2021. Energy Storage and Power Plant Decommissioning. PNNL-32214. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Energy Storage and Power Plant Decommissioning