Press Statements
September 24, 2020
“Today the U.S. House of Representatives moved definitively to elevate the priority of public innovation investments in energy storage,” said U.S. Energy Storage Association CEO Kelly Speakes-Backman. “By passing H.R. [...]Read More
Press Statements
September 17, 2020
“Today, yet another regulatory barrier to energy storage deployment was removed. Following directives from FERC to re-examine how the value of storage is determined in PJM’s capacity market, PJM stakeholders [...]Read More
Press Statements
September 17, 2020
“Today is another landmark day for competition and innovation in the power sector. FERC’s Order 2222 removes regulatory barriers to aggregation of distributed resources in wholesale electricity markets, and is [...]Read More
Press Statements
July 13, 2020
“The U.S. Energy Storage Association applauds the House Appropriations Committee for approving FY 2021 investments to build jobs in the energy storage industry while driving innovation and ensuring greater grid [...]Read More
Press Statements
July 10, 2020
“ESA congratulates the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the Washington, D.C. circuit court decision to reaffirm FERC’s landmark Order 841,” said ESA CEO Kelly Speakes-Backman. “This is an enormous [...]Read More
Press Statements
July 01, 2020
“Today, a historic event occurred as the Moving Forward Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives, with the first-ever provision for a stand-alone storage investment tax credit (ITC),” said U.S. [...]Read More
Press Statements
June 30, 2020
“ESA commends the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis for continuing to prioritize meaningful recommendations that include support for a stand-alone investment tax credit for energy storage. Energy storage [...]Read More
Press Statements
June 26, 2020
Energy Storage Association CEO Kelly Speakes-Backman today issued the following statement on the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act being offered as amendment (S.Amdt 1837) to the National Defense Authorization [...]Read More
Press Statements
June 25, 2020
“The U.S. Energy Storage Association commends the House Ways & Means Committee for prioritizing stand-alone energy storage for ITC eligibility in the GREEN Act,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of ESA. [...]Read More
Press Statements
June 23, 2020
“We greatly appreciate the House of Representatives’ leadership with the inclusion of energy storage in the Moving Forward act with the following three major areas of relief and stimulus: Make [...]Read More