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 13, 2019
ESA will file comments today in response to the Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s notice for Solutions Days and stakeholder comments in the newly opened docket 17-12-03RE03 Investigation into Distribution System [...]Read More
November 08, 2019
ESA will file comments today at the New York Public Service Commission in response to an Order opening a new proceeding (19-E-0530) to examine the alignment of the resource adequacy [...]Read More
November 07, 2019
ESA submitted informal comments on Minnesota’s Energy Storage Cost-Benefit Analysis Study (required by the 2019 Omnibus Jobs and Energy Bill) outlining the regulatory hurdles facing energy storage in Minnesota and policy [...]Read More
October 30, 2019
ESA will submit comments today to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) on draft regulations to implement the Clean Peak Standard program, required by legislation passed in 2018, Chapter [...]Read More
October 24, 2019
ESA will submit reply comments today at the Nevada Commission in response to opening comments filed by parties on October 10 on the implementation of Nevada’s draft regulations for an [...]Read More
October 21, 2019
ESA submitted informal comments on Minnesota’s Energy Storage Cost-Benefit Analysis Study (required by the 2019 Omnibus Jobs and Energy Bill) calling for proper valuation of storage by making accurate forecast [...]Read More
October 10, 2019
ESA will submit comments today at the Nevada Commission on draft regulations for the implementation of the state’s storage procurement target (called for in Senate Bill 204 passed into law [...]Read More
October 04, 2019
ESA will submit informal comments today on Minnesota’s Energy Storage Cost-Benefit Analysis Study (which was called for in the 2019 Omnibus Jobs and Energy Bill) calling for statewide energy storage [...]Read More
September 27, 2019
ESA sent a letter today along with five other environmental groups and trade organizations engaged at the Arizona Commission in response to questions raised in a letter from Commissioner Kennedy [...]Read More
September 18, 2019
ESA will testify today in the MD PSC’s distribution interconnection rulemaking (RM 68) that was opened up to review proposed energy storage language. ESA’s comments, filed in advance of the [...]Read More