8:45 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

Michael Stosser
Of Counsel
Day Pitney LLP

9:00 The Federal Energy Storage Initiative and Scaled Up Projects

Energy storage is becoming recognized as an important technology option contributing to renewable integration and grid stability. In particular, there is growing interest among renewable developers to use storage for mitigation of ramps and to provide a more dispatchable resource. A portfolio of technologies is already available for use in a wide spectrum of grid applications. Building on previous work funded by DOE, the $185M ARRA stimulus grants have scaled up storage projects by an order of magnitude. This presentation will discuss new projects in the areas of wind and PV integration, distributed storage, and compressed air energy storage, as well as a number of new cutting edge research projects promising to substantially reduce costs.

Imre Gyuk
PhD, Program Manager, Energy Storage Research
U.S. Department of Energy

9:45 The Economics Of Energy Storage: What Are The Real Costs And Who Pays For It?

Uncertainty over how storage should be classified – and related questions about whether the range of benefits it provides could be captured – has made US investors less likely to invest their money. In this environment, project economics for alternatives are at least as important as technical feasibility. With numerous energy storage and distributed generation technology projects undertaken in research and development settings, demonstrations are designed primarily to give a project team experience in technology application and performance assessment. In the commercialization phase of development, these technologies are beginning to be evaluated for application on a broader scale and are sometimes competing for capital with more conventional incumbent technologies, many with proven track records, low risk and attractive economics.

Topics will include:

• Advanced valuation techniques: Determining the economic and strategic values resulting from investments by modeling the risks and returns for several storage alternatives
• Current applications where energy storage have positive NPV for the power industry
• Sensitivity cost analysis for selected energy storage technologies: Is production volume the real issue in lowering cost?
• The role of policy incentives to stimulate the market: How far does it need to go?

Dan Rastler
Director, Energy Storage and Distributed Energy
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

11:00 Policy Matters! Taking A Closer Look At California’s Landmark Energy Storage Bill And What It Means For Everyone Else

Signed into official law in 2010, AB 2514 is expected to enhance and expand California’s commitment to the environment by requiring the California Public Utilities Commission to set targets for utility adoption of energy storage technologies, making it more viable to incorporate renewable energy sources into the state’s electric grid. And once the details of that law spread to other U.S. regions, it may change the face of the entire power industry!

Topics will include:

• Using energy storage as key enabling technology class to optimize the electric power system
• Fostering market innovation and development: Implementing energy storage technologies in a large portfolio of applications with compensation mechanisms that encourage investment in new energy storage capacity
• Offering incentives to encourage deployments of energy storage under various ownership models (utility-owned, customer-owned and third-party owned systems)
• Implementing transparent pricing that reflects the true cost of power on a time differentiated basis and the true value of energy storage based on performance

11:45Case Study: “Moving” Scalable Storage Forward: EVs And The Microgrid At UCLA

Although the vigorous resurgence of the electric vehicle stands to make significant strides in reducing our macro environmental footprint, mass EV deployment may pose a challenge to electric grid management. In response to this concern, one of the country’s leading “think-tanks” on energy management, the Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC) has been developing the WINSmartGrid™ platform in hopes of creating a scalable and robust architecture utilizing wireless technologies which will allow smart vehicle and energy storage and consumption management for vehicles in home or in the office.

Topics will include:

• Opportunities to leverage and use storage systems in stationary markets
• What challenges and opportunities are we up against?
• What is the potential scalability of V2G storage and what impact will it have on large-scale adoption in utilities?

Rajit Gadh
PhD, Professor, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA & Director
UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

1:15 Energy Storage in Hybrid Wind & Solar Power Parks

Dan Vogler
CTO
IONEX

1:45 Energy Storage In International Markets: Technology And Market Development In Germany

Driven by the country's unwavering commitment to renewable energies, Germany has developed the most extensive framework for the energy storage and fuel cell industry in the world. What specific factors have contributed to the unparalleled growth of the storage technologies there and what lessons can we use in the U.S. market?

Topics will include:

• Development of renewable energies in Germany
• Current and future needs for energy storage applications
• Market potential for storage technologies in Germany: What kind of markets will arise?
• Overview on existing energy storage projects and the impact on the power industry in Germany
• Future expansion and market outlook

Thomas Grigoleit
Director of Renewable Energies and Resources, Germany Trade & Invest
Federal Republic of Germany

2:30Case Study: Harnessing Power In Wind-To-Battery Energy Storage

As the nation’s number one wind power provider, Xcel Energy continues to look for new ways it can harness renewable energy to the greatest extent possible. With that focus, the utility launched a groundbreaking project in 2008 to test cutting-edge technology for storing wind energy in batteries. The project marks the first use of direct wind energy storage technology in the US and a recent report released in 2010 shows that the technology works for a variety of utility applications.

Topics will include:

• What are the elements of value of bulk energy storage for Xcel Energy?
• How well did this energy storage system perform in each of 5 different modes of operation? (Time Shifting, Wind Smoothing, Wind Leveling, Economic Dispatch and Frequency Regulation)
• What comes next?

Nancy Pellowski
Corporate Strategy and Planning Consultant
Xcel Energy

3:45 Panel: Bridging The Gaps In The Energy Value Chain: Integrating Renewable Electricity Onto The Grid Faster, Better Through Smart Partnering

Unless the nation focuses more closely on developing energy storage technologies and modernizing its long-distance transmission system, it will be difficult for California and 29 other states to meet tough renewable energy targets. How much storage do you need and what partners can help you in your efforts to transfer renewable stored energy onto the grid?

Topics will include:

• Driving renewable penetration within electricity markets: What are government agencies doing now to integrate renewable energy into the nation’s transmission grids?
• Does electric grid R&D adequately parallel the expansion of renewable power and are current renewable portfolio standards achievable without the use of storage?
• What are the various factors that need to be considered by investors/project developers/technology providers to ensure the commercial viability of electricity storage projects coupled with renewables

Moderator:

Rafael Reyes
Director
Bay Area Climate Collaborative

Panelists:

4:45Case Study: How SDG&E Is Navigating Through A Perfect Storm Of Politics And Technology: Engineering And Executing A Storage Strategy In An Increasingly Dynamic Power System

Many rapid changes to the fundamental way that power utility systems are designed and operated are occurring. These changes are occurring, mainly, due to introduction of new state and federal policy implementations requiring more renewable generating sources, new system loads (i.e. electric vehicles) and customer choice. Application of new ("smarter") technologies are required to ensure that these new generating sources, loads and customer choices can be accommodated, while making sure that reliability and power quality of the power system remains high. But how are utilities responding to ensure these expectations are met?

Topics will include:

• Dissecting SDG&E's portfolio of Smart Grid projects for electric distribution
• A glimpse at SDG&E's DOE/CEC funded Microgrid project
• Moving from centralized power plants to distributed renewable and more automated and distributed control architecture

William V. Torre
Chief Engineer
San Diego Gas & Electric.

5:30 Close Of Summit Day 1