9:00 - 11:30 Workshop A: From Batteries To Fuel Cells: An Economic Valuation Of Existing Energy Storage Technologies In The Short- And Long-Terms

8:30 Registration for Workshop A (Coffee/Tea will be served).

The returns on investing in equipment and supporting services must be understood in context of the broader business system in which these investments are made. Underutilization of the peak electric transmission and distribution systems is inherent where high reliability of satisfying customer demands drives the system sizing and such demands vary daily by more than a factor of two. Since the inception of the system various storage technologies have been developed and used in limited applications. The cost to value comparisons among storage technologies complex addressing; widely varied timescales from fractions of a cycle to hours or days, central and distributed solutions with impact system wide or nodal specificity, potentially served with generation or clever controls. Pumped hydro, flow batteries, flywheels, SMES, peakers, diesel gensets, DR and time of day pricing all compete. Mandates exist to provide safe, reliable, cheap energy, fair and predictable pricing, clean air, jobs and energy security all with low environmental impact. Needs are rapidly changing due to changing generation mix.

What you will learn:

• Discuss some typical technologies in terms of size, scale, timescale, and costs
• Put costs in contexts of applications (a MWhr in a stressed urban node is different from a MWHr on the far end of a HV transmission line)
• Stakeholder view of who benefits how and what that means for projects
• Unlock the potential income streams from energy storage: What are the transmission and generation benefits?
• Understand how very good ideas may NOT make business sense, and how to address that

Workshop Leader:

Lou Schick
Principal
NewWorld Capital Group,LLC

11:45 - 2:15 Workshop B:Energy Storage Market and Policy Developments

11:30 Registration for Workshop B (Lunch will be served).

Audience members will leave this workshop 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 workshop 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 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)
• How current policy will impact the market potential for various applications of storage
• How the storage industry can accelerate market development and the adoption of storage

Workshop Leaders:

2:30 - 5:00 Workshop C: Defining The Value Proposition For Storage Across The Energy Supply Chain

2:15 Registration for Workshop C (Coffee/Tea will be served).

No matter whether you are an investor or a developer or a utility company, you must have a well-defined and well-researched value proposition or business case. And, though each stakeholder’s may differ depending on your specific business objectives, it will be important to understand how they are all connected and how they potentially impact your own VP. Workshop attendees will walk away with an introductory knowledge of the requirements, mechanics, and challenges associated with creating a project-specific value proposition for customer sited and owned energy storage—including integration with solar and incentive structures. This workshop session will answer many questions about the value of energy storage, focusing on the mechanics of a value proposition model specific to distributed energy storage, an understanding of the financial requirements of key stakeholders, what is involved in optimizing the value of storage, and how end user loads, renewable generation profiles, electricity tariffs, and incentive regimes impact energy storage’s value. This workshop is suitable for distributed energy storage suppliers, project developers, renewable energy integrators, utility company personnel, and public utility commission staff. A moderate understanding of financial modeling with experience in the mechanics of commercial energy projects is preferable, but not a prerequisite.

What you will learn:

• What is a value proposition analysis?
• Why is there a need for value proposition analysis in the current and future customer-sited energy storage market?
• Who would want this type of analysis?
• What are the drivers of value for behind-the-meter energy storage?
• What are the key components of an energy storage value proposition?
• How does one create a value proposition model?
• What is unique about an energy storage value proposition model?
• How does one tackle the challenges of energy storage modeling?
• Why is sensitivity analysis essential?
• How do incentives and tax policies impact value?
• How does the integration of renewables affect an energy storage project’s value proposition?

Workshop Leader:

Giovanni Damato
Senior Associate
StrateGen Consulting