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.
November 23, 2020
ESA joined Northeast Clean Energy Council, Solar Energy Industries Alliance, and the Coalition for Community Solar Access in submitting a request to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to update [...]Read More
November 02, 2020
ESA, the Virginia Advanced Energy Economy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and Maryland-DC-Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association (MDV-SEIA) jointly submitted comments to the Virginia State Corporation Commission in response to [...]Read More
October 21, 2020
ESA provided comments to the Virginia State Corporation Commission in response to Dominion’s 2020 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in docket No. PUR-2020-00035. ESA noted that the PJM update to capacity [...]Read More
October 20, 2020
ESA submitted comments to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities in its ongoing Investigation of Resource Adequacy Alternatives, Docket No. EO20030203. The comments note that energy storage is an [...]Read More
October 20, 2020
ESA filed introductory comments in response to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCCs) notice of inquiry into the area of energy storage in Case No. PUD 202000083. The Commission is seeking [...]Read More
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