8:55 AM -
9:00 AM
Stream 1 , Stream 2
Presentation
Welcome and Opening Address from the Chair
Market Dynamics
Project lifecycle and O&M
10:30 AM -
11:00 AM
Fireside Chat
- How do developers find the best arrangements to working with utilities across the US who are encountering huge MW requests for batteries in recent years, making processing these large amounts difficult
- Procurement targets for energy storage
- How policy frameworks and market structures influence utility storage strategies
- Technical requirements such as the duration, cycling capabilities, degradation rates, and system reliability standards that matter most
- What utilities have learned from early energy storage deployments and how expectations have evolved
Moderator
Speakers
2:15 PM -
2:50 PM
Stream 2
Panel Discussion
- Balancing contracted revenue floors with merchant upside opportunities in portfolio optimization
- Competitive bidding for contracted capacity during a utility’s tender process and how developers position for lowest-cost awards
- Integrating contract strategy into site selection, permitting, and capacity planning during the early-stage, pre-commercialization feasibility process
Moderator
Speakers
2:15 PM -
3:00 PM
Stream 1
Panel Discussion
- Grid regulators MISO, SPP, and PJM will publish incremental accreditation and interconnection process tweaks. That will shift which durations and configurations clear.
- How can developers, data center offtakers, grid operators, and regulatory actors, in particular, work together to create a more efficient environment for interconnecting?
- Optimising processing of interconnection studies that have long brought delays and uncertainty in the grid interconnection application process
- Does the policy landscape require a rethink if one of the byproducts in removing tax credit opportunities for wind and solar developers consequently mean projects are withdrawing their applications to connect to the grid?
Moderator
Speakers
2:50 PM -
3:30 PM
Stream 2
Panel Discussion
- Regional Development Strategies: Which developers are most active in specific markets and technology segments? How are established renewable developers adapting for storage, and what new entrants are gaining pipeline traction?
- M&A Valuation Trends: What asset types are commanding premium valuations in recent transactions? Which risks are buyers avoiding, and how are sellers positioning portfolios across different maturity stages?
- Evolving Financing Structures: How are financing models adapting to different storage technologies and revenue streams? What new risk allocation mechanisms are emerging between developers, investors, and lenders?
- Tariff uncertainty: Safeguarding against pricing projections, strategic resource planning for developers, and ensuring supply dependability
Moderator
Speakers
3:00 PM -
3:30 PM
Stream 1
Fireside Chat
- Industry Consolidation Impact: How will fewer, better-capitalized developers change permitting dynamics and approval success rates as smaller players lose market access?
- Design-to-Construction Compliance: What are the most common gaps between approved designs and field execution that delay final sign-offs from utilities and local authorities?
- Phased Interconnection Strategies: How can developers leverage battery storage’s faster interconnection timelines and deploy backup systems while awaiting main facility approvals?
Moderator
Senior Director, Storage and Interconnection Policy,
Solar Energy Industries Association
