Press Statements
March 31, 2020
“Today, even in the midst of the COVID pandemic, Maryland regulators took an important step to remove barriers for customers looking to enhance their resilience by installing energy storage in [...]Read More
Press Statements
March 23, 2020
The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) commends the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) for finalizing the nation’s first Clean Peak Standard (CPS). The Baker-Polito Administration pioneered this innovative, new [...]Read More
Press Statements
March 19, 2020
“ESA congratulates the Maryland State Legislature on its passage of House Bill 980,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of ESA. “HB 980 will improve upon a first-in-the-nation state tax credit program [...]Read More
Press Statements
March 16, 2020
“Nevada has distinguished itself as an energy storage leader after becoming the 6th state to establish a storage deployment target. Together, Nevada, Massachusetts, California, New York, New Jersey and Oregon [...]Read More
Press Statements
February 28, 2020
“ESA applauds Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Chair Murkowski and Ranking Member Manchin for including provisions such as the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act, which advances energy storage [...]Read More
Press Statements
February 12, 2020
“ESA commends the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate for recognizing the role storage plays in improving grid reliability, decarbonizing the economy, and creating economic opportunities,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO [...]Read More
Press Statements
January 29, 2020
“Energy storage is an essential tool for enabling more clean energy deployments and making the power system more resilient. ESA commends the sponsors of the CLEAN Future Act for recognizing [...]Read More
Press Statements
January 16, 2020
“The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) is pleased with the U.S. Trade Representative’s decision to lower tariffs on Chinese lithium-ion batteries from 15% to 7.5%, effective February 14, 2020. This [...]Read More
Press Statements
January 08, 2020
“ESA commends Representatives Tom Reed (R-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), and their bipartisan colleagues for introducing the Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2019, which looks to establish a longer term, [...]Read More
Press Statements
December 20, 2019
“We are concerned to learn of FERC’s decision on PJM’s Minimum Price Offer Rule (MOPR), which counteracts legitimate state policies to deploy innovative new technologies, such as energy storage, that have proven [...]Read More