Energy Storage Market and Policy Developments Presentation

Audience members will leave this presentation with a general understanding of the importance of regulatory matters for the energy storage market as well as a thorough review of storage market developments in California in particular. The general outline of the presentation will include the following:

 

• Importance of advocacy for strategic planning/market development
• General overview of the global market potential for energy storage
• General overview of the key energy storage technologies
  • Battery Storage
  • Mechanical (Flywheel) Storage
  • Thermal Storage
  • Compressed Air
  • Pumped Hydroelectric Power
  • General overview of energy storage applications
  • U.S. energy policy jurisdiction introduction, and oversight of these jurisdictions over specific energy storage applications
    • US Congress      
    • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)                                  
    • Independent System Operators/Regional Transmission Operators (ISO/RTO)    
    • State level Public Utilities Commission                                   
    • Federal developments                                                 
      • Federal ITC status                                           
      • FERC activities                                  
      • State-level overview                                     
        • What is happening in the various states?                             
        • Which states are worth focusing on?                     
        • What is special about California?                              
        • California state developments                                                  
          • Legislative                                          
          • CEC                                       
          • CAISO                                  
          • CPUC                                    
            • AB 2514: Energy Storage, Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR)                      
            • Smart Grid                         
            • Long Term Procurement Planning (LTPP)/Renewable Integration                             
            • Distributed Generation                
            • Demand Response
            • Permanent Load Shifting (PLS)                  

• Discussion of the impact of current policy on the market potential for various applications of storage
• Discuss storage industry acceleration of market development and the adoption of storage