State legislatures and regulators have been the key drivers of energy storage policy over the past several years, with energy policies and decisions related to our local electric power distribution systems are primarily made by state legislators and regulators.
ESA’s policy team, with the help of our members and allies on the ground, are engaging with state commissions, legislatures and governor’s offices to open up the storage market.
August 14, 2020
Today, ESA proposed regulatory language to the Virginia Corporation Commission in line with our prior recommendations in Case No. PUR-2020-00120 on implementing the state’s energy storage target. The proposed regulations [...]Read More
July 31, 2020
ESA and the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) jointly submitted comments to the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) today in response to PURA’s request for energy storage program design [...]Read More
July 29, 2020
ESA submitted comments today to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (Commission) on Case No. PUR-2020-00120, which outlines a set of interim targets, regulatory reforms, and supporting programs to implement the [...]Read More
July 09, 2020
ESA submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) today on the state’s Third Revised Energy Rules (Docket no. RU-00000A-18-0284) issued on February 18, 2020 to recommend the adoption of [...]Read More
June 19, 2020
Today ESA submitted comments to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC), in Case No. 9619, to recommend PSC approval of all eight of the investor-owned utilities’ proposed energy storage pilot [...]Read More
May 29, 2020
ESA submits comments today to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) on emergency regulations (225 CMR 20.00) issued on April 14, 2020 to update the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target [...]Read More
April 30, 2020
ESA submits comments today on the Michigan Public Service Commission Staff’s second draft rules (Case No. U-20344) on interconnection of distributed generation resources that were issued on February 28, 2020. [...]Read More
March 31, 2020
Today, the Maryland Public Service Commission approved updates to small generator interconnection standards that ESA previously advocated. Key among the modifications is allowing the use of the net system capacity [...]Read More
March 17, 2020
ESA submits comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) today broadly supportive of the state’s third revised draft of the ACC’s Energy Rules (Docket no. RU-00000A-18-0284). However, ESA recommends that [...]Read More
March 05, 2020
ESA filed comments yesterday on Michigan’s 2020 Distribution Planning Draft Staff Report for the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) consideration. The report provides recommendations to the Commissioners on utility electric [...]Read More