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.
MCLE: 1.5
This has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount indicated above. Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a certified provider.