Energy storage is seen as essential to firming the volumes of renewable resources to meet California's 100% carbon-free mandate adopted into law in September 2018. Since the passage of AB 2514 in 2010, California's utilities have contracted for over 1,000 MW of energy storage projects. Costs have also dropped dramatically, to the point that energy storage now competes with generation and transmission and distribution (T&D) options for system reliability and upgrades.

We will discuss whether California policy-makers should continue to mandate energy storage procurement to insure this market's continued evolution, or whether it should be left to Load Serving Entities (LSEs) and grid operators to define the products they need and let the market respond with the resource combinations that best meet these products. 

Our roundtable panel will describe the current forecast for energy storage in California, identify the policy and market drivers for energy storage, and discuss whether mandating energy storage or allowing the market to offer solutions is the best approach to meeting our renewable energy and carbon-free energy goals.

Moderator

Frank DeRosa
Former CEO of NextLight Renewable Power and GM of The Americas at First Solar

 

Karl Meeusen
Senior Advisor Infastructure and Regulatory Policy
California Independent System Operator

 

Katherine Ryzhaya
Chief Commercial Officer 
Lightsource BP

 

Fong Wan
Senior Vice President, Energy Policy and Procurement
Pacific Gas and Electric Company

 

November 15, 2018

Farella Braun + Martel
235 Montgomery Street
17th Floor
San Francisco

Registration
5:00 pm

Program
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Networking
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

 

Teleconference option available upon registration.

Attendance is complimentary.

SPONSORED BY

Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, 
Farella Braun + Martel LLP, 
The Environmental Law Institute.

Please contact 
Margaret Poza at mpoza@fbm.com 
with any event questions.