Energy storage - Conference topics

For years, utilities slow-walked their approach to energy storage. A pilot here, a pilot there. Today, utilities want to own as much of the process as possible, undertaking development, engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance work on their own. But the playbook for utilities is far from written and the majority still rely on benchmarking with their peers to identify the best path forward.

conference sessions

Battery Blueprint: Crafting the Future of Energy Storage

March 27 | 1:00-5:00 PM | C144/145

The workshop aims to bridge the gap between planning and real-world implementation, ensuring that participants are well-equipped to handle both the technical and operational challenges of energy storage systems.

featured sessions

NV Energy and Nova Scotia Power strategies for enabling battery storage value stacking

March 27 | 10:00-10:50 AM | C4

A utility panel will discuss their strategies to maximize the value of BESS investments by enabling intelligent enterprise control collaboration. The panel will be moderated by Qualus and include representatives from NV Energy, Nova Scotia Power, and NREL.

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UU207: Applications and operations of energy storage systems

C155

240 mins
- Utility University
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
This Utility University course is open to any attendee with an all-access or utility all-access badge. These courses are first come, first served onsite in Dallas, however, pre-registration is still r ...

Speakers

Farid Katiraei, Head of Solution Development - Innoversa Energy Solutions

Amir Mojtahedzadeh, Managing Director - Bender

Jim McDowall, Principal - MCD Advisor
UU204: Microgrids and grid-forming inverter technology: Trends, control, and protection

C146

240 mins
- Utility University
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
- Microgrids
This Utility University course is open to any attendee with an all-access or utility all-access badge. These courses are first come, first served onsite in Dallas, however, pre-registration is still r ...

Speakers

Amin Zamani, Senior Director - Quanta Technology

Mehrdad Sheikholeslami, Principal Engineer/Microgrid Design and Study Lead - Quanta Technology

Mike Jensen, Principal Protection Engineer - Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

Initiate Startup Pitches: DER and Energy Storage

Initiate Hub Booth #5600

90 mins
- Energy Storage
- Initiate Startup Program
- DER
All attendees have access to the Initiate startup pavilion, where up to 58 startup companies will be exhibiting and pitching their solutions to a panel of judges. Come learn about the latest technolog ...

Building Resilient Grids: Enabling Reliability and Stability Through BESS Integration

Resiliency Knowledge Hub- Booth #1001, Exhibit Floor

30 mins
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
- Resiliency Knowledge Hub
Today extreme weather events, aging infrastructure, fluctuating energy supply and demand, and retirement of traditional power generation are challenging the reliability and stability of the electrical ...

Speakers

Patrick Abruzzese, Business Development Manager - BESS - JST Power Equipment

Best practices for cybersecurity & safety in battery storage systems

C141

50 mins
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
- Cybersecurity
Utilities are increasingly deploying energy storage to enhance the operational resilience and sustainability of the grid. Given the critical nature of grid operations, safety and cybersecurity are par ...

Chairperson

Emma Stewart, Chief Power Grid Scientist and Research Strategist - Idaho National Lab

Speakers

Adile Ajaja, Director of Operations, IT and Cybersecurity - EVLO Energy

Demonstration utility-scale, long-duration energy storage for microgrids

C146

25 mins
- Reliability and Resilience
- Storms and Wildfires
- Energy Storage
- Microgrids
Microgrid technology has emerged as a promising solution to address the challenges posed by public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) in California. In the past, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has led the ...

Chairperson

Julio Romero Agüero, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Innovation, and Executive Advisor - Quanta Technology

Speakers

Renata Bakousseva, Principal Product Manager - PG&E

Enhancing Grid Connectivity Data Quality for Strategic Battery Energy Storage Deployment at SCE

C156

50 mins
- Energy Storage
- Asset Management
- Data Analytics
Energy storage of the right size installed at strategic locations can optimize load and effectively reduce wires infrastructure build-out across all voltage levels (e.g., circuits, substations, subtra ...

Chairperson

Donald (Lorne) Poindexter, Resident Site Manager - Westinghouse

Speakers

Alexey Tronkin, Strategic Sr. Advisor - SCE

Greg Robinson, President - Xtensible Solutions

Lesia Bilitchenko, Senior Engineering Manager - Southern California Edison

Noah Badayos, GCM Lead - SCE
CPS Energy is using federal funding to modernize its grid, and you can too

C3

50 mins
- ADMS
- Grid Modernization
- Policy and Regulation
- DERMS
- Energy Storage
CPS Energy has been awarded a DOE GRIP grant that includes a federal cost share up to ~$30M over 5 years of program deployment and demonstration. The GRIP grant enables CPS Energy to advance its Commu ...

Speakers

Gautam Kakaiya, Manager, Grid Modernization - CPS Energy

Mike Bianco, Managing Director, Digital Advisory Services - Black & Veatch

State and utility partnerships for microgrids and energy storage in Pennsylvania

C4

50 mins
- Policy and Regulation
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
- Microgrids
This session will explore the collaborative efforts between the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), and the four distribution utilit ...

Chairperson

Renata Bakousseva, Project Lead- Microgrids - Pacific Gas & Electric

Speakers

Jim Conrad, Director- Operations - PPL Electric Utilities Company
Learnings from the field: Developing community and grid resilience projects

C146

50 mins
- Smart Cities
- Energy Storage
- DER
This session explores first-of-its-kind projects in North Carolina where utilities, community planners, and other key stakeholders are collaborating to develop community and grid resilience projects a ...

Chairperson

Tammy Zucco, Area Vice President, Americas Sales Channels - Itron

Speakers

Jason Handley, General Manager of the Distributed Energy Group - Duke Energy

Vincent Potter, Senior Policy Analyst - North Carolina Clean Energy Tech Center

Evaluating resilience benefits from DER and storage projects: A case study from Duke Energy

C156

25 mins
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
- DER
Grid resilience relates to the ability of electrical systems to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, and recover from all threats, including high-impact, low-probability (HILP) disruptions. Increasingly, uti ...

Chairperson

Dorothy Moryc, Vice-President, Engineering & Stations - Enova Power Corp.

Speakers

Jason Handley, General Manager of the Distributed Energy Group - Duke Energy

Dileep Rudran, Vice President of Products - Open Energy Solutions, Inc.
NV Energy and Nova Scotia Power strategies for enabling battery storage value stacking

C4

50 mins
- Transmission
- Bulk Power
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
While utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) can provide a variety of transmission and distribution grid services, value stacking can be difficult to implement in practice. A key challeng ...

Chairperson

Elli Ntakou, Manager, System Reliability & Resiliency Planning - Eversource Energy

Speakers

Travis Rouillard, Director, R&D - Qualus

Faraz Farhidi, DERMS Research & Development - Nevada Energy

Rob Boone, Manager of Grid Modernization - Nova Scotia Power

Ismael Mendoza, Senior Researcher - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

SDG&E mobile battery storage use cases and valuation

C4

25 mins
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
- DER
In this session, panelists will present the pre-commercial demonstration and evaluation of utility mobile battery energy storage systems, including perspectives from SDG&E. This presentation covers th ...

Chairperson

Brian Bassett, Director - Simple Thread

Speakers

Jose Cardenas, Renewable Team Lead - SDG&E

Shasta Culp, Senior Vice President - Anser Advisory, part of Accenture

Steven Clarke, Vice President, Clean Mobility, Energy, and Sustainability - Anser Advisory, part of Accenture

Stephanie Lomeli, Renewable Energy Engineer - SDG&E

Why Xcel chose mobile energy storage to support grid capacity

C4

25 mins
- Reliability and Resilience
- Energy Storage
Xcel Energy is designing a mobile 1MW/2MWH energy storage system and skid-mounted interconnection platform. The driver of the project is a local public housing authority that has a new public housing ...

Chairperson

Brian Bassett, Director - Simple Thread

Speakers

Tyler McGrath - Xcel Energy

Nathan Kassees, Principle Engineer, Energy Storage and Emerging Technologoies - Xcel Energy

Dave Mino, Manager, System Planning and Strategy - Xcel Energy

Battery Blueprint: Crafting the Future of Energy Storage

C144/ 145

240 mins
- Workshops
- Energy Storage
This workshop is designed to provide a guide to the future of utility battery energy storage systems. It explores the creation of strategic playbooks for utility companies, delves into the practical a ...