2025 Agenda
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In a move to Dallas, an industrial hub of Texas and a key center for oil and gas, it’s crucial to engage in future-shaping conversations on energy adoption. In 2024, the city was recognized as the largest local government user of green power in the nation and, as regional energy demand continues to soar, Dallas is the ideal location to launch the Energy Storage Summit USA 2025.
Join us for opening comments from Commissioner Lori Cobos of the Texas Public Utilities Commission.
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An industry update from Eric Hsieh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Storage in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE).
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As the market sets another stellar year with the largest number of GWs deployed on record and begins to react to an increasingly competitive market, what have been the impacts of 2024 on market prospects, economics, and deployment of energy storage?
- In light of increased political uncertainty, what should the market expect in the coming year from potential market redesign and risk of ROI for investors?
- How is perceived anti-renewables sentiment affecting land origination and development?
- Deploying assets in 2024 versus 2025: How are others preparing and how are developers looking at cost uncertainty and capital availability? How are revenues comparing year-on-year, and what’s changed for the market?
- The future of IRA tax credits and asset economics
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Join us for our opening address by Quentin ‘Q’ Draper-Scrimshire, CEO and Co-Founder of Modo Energy.
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Many asset owners face significant challenges with integration, often leading to delayed CODs and increased project costs. It’s common for commissioning to extend six months or more after construction, adding time and expense to the process. However, there are ways for asset owners to drastically cut down commissioning times. In this presentation, TruGrid Chief Executive Officer Jody Snodgrass will share insights on how to streamline integration, using expert planning, advanced technology, and proven methodologies. The goal is to help asset owners reduce delays and improve project efficiency, ultimately accelerating returns on their energy investments
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For those diversifying away from more established markets like CAISO and ERCOT, adopting new contracting structures is becoming an increasingly important consideration. With the rise of innovative models for grid-scale energy storage, it is crucial to understand and implement these new structures effectively. Join us to delve into the intricacies of structuring, cost of capital, and interest risk.
- How do markets pencil out beyond ERCOT, CAISO and utility procurement?
- Is there a merchant market in PJM or ERCOT that can provide VPPAs or tolling agreements to data centres or other C&I customers?
- Key considerations when refinancing assets
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Due to ongoing supply chain changes and potential tariff risks, building projects will look very different in 2025 compared to 2024. In May 2024, the Biden Administration proposed to triple tariffs paid on batteries and parts imported from China from 7.5% to 25%, providing a greater incentive for BESS manufacturers to source US-made cells in the coming years to benefit from domestic content tax credits. How has the industry reacted to the supply chain ‘stick’ alongside the Inflation Reduction Act ‘carrot’?
- Forecasting tariff risks to the future of the sector and the potential for onshoring
- Safeguarding against pricing projections, strategic resource planning for developers, and ensuring supply dependability
- Assessing supply risk, Interest risk, capex costs, and strategies for utilizing tax credit adders in 2025 and beyond
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Break Out Zone Day 1
Answering your interconnection and transmission questions.
- Overcoming delays to queues: what’s changed since our discussion in 2024? How are others now overcoming these delays and which markets are affected?
- Impact of potential transmission and interconnection reform on the energy storage industry
- How do grid operators look at charging energy going forward?
- Assessing the impact in the long and short term, of large numbers of new additives on the US grid system
- Differing market dynamics and future potential
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A year after our last discussion on market saturation, how will arbitrage values shift as more assets come online this year, and how will the June 89th legislative session alter rules, procedures and economics for BESS?
- DRRs and RTC: what can the industry expect from ancillary services, is Texas still an energy only market?
- What are the evolving dynamics of the energy grid?
- Will Performance Capacity Mechanisms (PCM) reshape the market in relation to capacity contracts, and will this enhance the project economics of BESS?
- With a surge in data centers and an impending manufacturing boom, how does the forecast increase in load growth affect project assumptions?
- The potential for long-duration technologies in the ERCOT market
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Join us in this break-out interactive workshop to ask our experts the ins and outs of energy procurement.
As state-level energy storage procurement targets continue to increase, the policy framework has significantly improved, making it easier for utilities to integrate energy storage resources into their portfolios. Join us for this session where we’ll explore the impact of procurement targets and the opportunities they present for the sector.
- What are the current needs and opportunities for utilities in the energy storage industry?
- End-of-life considerations, from augmentation and repowering, and recycling to a decommissioning plan
- Technology selection process in detail
- How are procurement targets for storage evolving, and how have policies influenced these changes?
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As utilities increasingly adopt energy storage solutions to enhance grid resilience and sustainability, ensuring the safety and cybersecurity of these systems becomes crucial. With rising geopolitical tensions, the focus on safeguarding Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) has intensified. Experts from EVLO Energy Storage will share their extensive experience in developing and deploying BESS for utilities and independent power producers. They will provide valuable insights into the latest best practices for maintaining safety and cybersecurity in BESS deployments. The discussion will cover comprehensive strategies, including robust physical safeguards; stringent cybersecurity protocols to prevent cyberattacks and data breaches, compliance with regulations and industry standards, and specialized training programs along with ongoing maintenance procedures to ensure the reliability and security of BESS installations.
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Hosted by Energy Storage Canada, join us to discuss the evolving energy storage market in Canada and the unique economics of energy storage projects.
- Comparative Economic Analysis: distinguishing factors, policies, and trends between Canada and the United States
- Provincial policy, requirements, and frameworks, including discussion on recent tender announcements such as the IESO energy storage procurement target of 1.8 GWs
- Provincial front-runners in energy storage deployment, recent deal structures, and active participants
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Is the industry leaving money on the table? A key consideration of BESS performance and real-time revenues lies in the calculation of the state of charge. Accuracy is the name of the game for those looking to predict asset revenue and avoid penalties.
- What are the key drivers of differences in reported SoC and usable energy?
- How does the SoC impact operations and market participation?
- Warranty, degradation, and insurance implications
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Which market will ultimately win the hearts and minds of those looking to diversify into new regions? Vote for the winner in this interactive session.
Interact directly with representatives from regional ISOs and RTOs, Developers, and utilities, focusing on operability and dispatch issues, advanced storage modelling capabilities, market design and project bankability. We will begin with a scene-setting panel discussion, and delegates will then be able to join a market-specific discussion table to brainstorm problems around operability, lessons learned from existing deployments and products, modelling capacity and more.
If you are want to find out more about different jurisdictions and compensation for storage assets, this is the session for you.
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Maximising BESS revenue requires efficient, reliable operation through advanced analytics and proactive management. This presentation explores challenges and solutions to optimize BESS performance and availability, highlighting how granular insights into system performance help asset managers optimize operations and secure revenue streams with minimal manual intervention.
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Clarifying the implications of CAISO’s reforms on project timelines, risk management, and the overall feasibility of maintaining project pipelines in California’s increasingly competitive interconnection environment.
- Overview: what is the practical impact of CAISO’s newly approved interconnection reform on development pipeline, project viability, and interconnection costs?
- How will the new zonal cluster system (Deliverable vs. Merchant Zones) impact project interconnection timelines and costs, particularly for projects required to self-fund network upgrades?
- With the scoring criteria emphasizing commercial interest and viability, what are the specific benchmarks, and how do projects with utility or commercial offtake agreements stand in comparison to merchant or community-owned projects?
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PPAs and more, in this panel we will be keeping you up-to-date on the latest market trends for structuring offtake agreements.
- How can batteries provide the maximum value to an offtaker?
- What are the need-to-knows before entering an agreement?
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Meet with investors and developers directly in this structured roundtable session. We will begin with quick-fire pitches from each investor on investment opportunities and partnerships they’re currently seeking. The audience will then split into smaller roundtable discussion groups where investors and developers can discuss business 1-2-1. Each round table will be hosted by an investor and developers will move around the room.
Registration is only available to developers and investors.
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Join TruGrid and the team at the annual ‘Beers and Batteries’ networking drinks, where you can unwind after a full day of learning and networking. Enjoy live music, great food, and beverages—open to all delegates!
As part of the festivities, TruGrid will also host the Energy Storage USA Awards to recognize the brightest and best pioneers in the industry. It promises to be a relaxed, fun evening where you can connect with peers while celebrating innovation in energy storage.
Celebrate with us as we present awards for:
- Developer of the Year
- Project of the Year
- Individual Contribution to Energy Storage
Join Modo Energy as the celebrations continue after an exciting day at the Summit! Get ready to unwind and connect with industry peers in a lively and relaxed atmosphere.
Time: 19:30 – Late
Location: TBA
An overview of new policy and regulation for long-duration technologies and their commercial use case.
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Permitting continues to be a blockage to asset deployment going into 2025. With many calls from communities to halt, stall, or completely shut down energy storage projects due to safety concerns, what more can the industry do to help educate the public when it comes to BESS, and what strategies should developers put in place to speed up the permitting process?
- Assessing current permitting hurdles, market differences, and regulatory What strategies are developers deploying to engage key stakeholders?
- How is is perceived anti-renewables sentiment affecting land origination?
- When in the development process should these strategies be considered, and how has this approach changed since 2024?
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Deployment Strategies
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Last year’s OCED funding announcement has certainly given the industry a jumpstart, however, what specifics need to be taken into consideration as the program progresses and where might we see the future of LDES? With more regulators eyeing LDES technology procurement targets to scale novel technologies, this panel will determine the future impact of such decisions on the wider energy storage industry.
- The current value proposition and cost assumptions for LDES technologies
- What further efforts are needed in R&D to help more LDES technologies achieve commercialization regardless of funding in the future?
- What products and market mechanisms are available for LDES technologies in mature US markets?
- Capacity accreditation reform and the changing value of storage as a resource edge
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Calculating the role of AI and software innovations in the modern BESS industry, focusing on effective integration with hardware, decision-making between in-house development and contractors, and the evolving standards and future landscape of the sector
- How to effectively integrate AI with hardware
- In-house or contractor considerations
- Current Industry standards and the future sector landscape
Meet directly with the BESS value chain in this structured roundtable networking session. The audience will be split into smaller roundtable discussion groups where individuals can discuss business 1-2-1.
Registration required.
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With a 6GW by 2030 energy storage target for NY alone, how far do regional mechanisms support storage bankability and what will this market look like in the near and long term?
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Achieving ROI requires the consideration of a number of asset risks. Join us to explore the below challenges in detail.
- Insurance premium profiles
- Understanding weather risk
- Safety and thermal runaway
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Join us for this interactive session, where we’ll delve into the latest innovations in battery technologies and their potential applications in energy storage.
Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their storage business case to the audience and our panel of expert judges with a quickfire 10-minute presentation. Each opportunity will then undergo an in-depth discussion to evaluate its merits, ultimately leading to the selection of one lucky winner.
If you would like to participate in this session reach out to our team at energystorage@solarmedia.co.uk
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The renewables first approach: How do battery economics reflect the hybrid model?
- DC vs AC coupling
- How does collocating reduce capacity risk?
- Which markets currently make sense?
- Project considerations in hybrid vs standalone assets
- Citing best practice for hybrid projects
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Over a lifecycle, the costs of dealing with degradation must be considered in the project’s base case. To do so, we must consider the balance in trade-off between near term and long-term costs.
- When is the best time during a battery’s lifecycle to start thinking about end-of-life strategies?
- Project overbuild versus additional capacity
- Pragmatic strategies for augmentation, how to plan for them during project development and associated costs
- Impact of sizing and risk appetite
- Degradation analysis and the impact on the project’s financial model
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Podcast host, Doug Lewin, a foremost Texas energy expert, will provide a voice of reason on this special edition of the Energy Capital Podcast. Joined by a special guest, the podcast will keep you up to date on the complicated world of Texas energy.
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Explosions and deflagrations in BESS are caused by off-gases during a thermal-runaway event. This presentation will review methods to mitigate these risks in accordance with NFPA 855 including NFPA 68, NFPA 69, and performance based-designs. We will also discuss updates related to the explosion portion of NFPA 855 including some challenges and limitations it presents.
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- What does current best practice look like and what is predicted in the short and long term?
- How are investors valuing assets, and how are issues like grid deployment and political instability influencing investment sentiments?
- What are the trends in merchant or hedging options in variable revenue markets? How many deals have closed, and what do they look like?
- How are others allocating risk, from project timelines to meeting domestic content requirements?
- What trends are emerging in the volume of traditional vs transfer deals?
- How are new provisions like bonus qualifications, incentives, and direct pay working in practice, and how should projects document compliance?
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Behind-the-meter systems for large commercial and industrial users represent a smaller segment of the market, but interest in this area is steadily growing.
- Why hasn’t the market expanded faster? (considering market policy and permitting constraints)
- In regions like ERCOT, where distribution grid connections are possible, other markets are also beginning to open up for this type of activity. How can investors and developers make the most of these opportunities?
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