REV2024: Cleaning the Peak with Energy Storage
Thursday, October 17th, 2024 – 10:45-11:45 a.m.
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With solar penetration increasing, the carbon intensity of the grid during peak net load events is much higher than during the day. Economic signals that place a higher value on clean energy during these times of net peak load are necessary to enable market solutions to this problem. This panel will explore multi-pronged solutions including solar+storage, virtual power plants, front-of-the-meter storage, and demand response.
Moderator: Jesse Stowell, CCO, Encore Renewable Energy
Jesse Stowell is the Chief Commercial Officer for Encore Renewable Energy, where he leads the origination of new solar and energy storage projects. He brings over two decades of experience to support the expansion of Encore’s 500MW project development pipeline.
Sponsored by Encore Renewable Energy
Speakers
Joan White Director of Storage and Interconnection Policy, SEIA
Joan White is the Director of Storage and Interconnection Policy. She advances the rapid deployment of storage and solar through advocacy and as an expert witness in state and federal proceedings. Prior to joining SEIA, Joan served as a Hearing Officer and Senior Analyst with the Vermont Public Utility Commission and the Vermont State Energy Office. She holds a Masters of Environmental Law and Policy, summa cum laude, and a Certificate in Energy Law from Vermont Law School and a Masters of Science in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont.
Todd Olinsky-Paul Senior Project Director, Clean Energy Group
Todd works on CEG’s Resilient Power Project in the areas of solar and storage for critical infrastructure energy resiliency, distributed energy storage policy and economics, and is the CEG/CESA lead for state energy storage policy support. He also directs CESA’s Energy Storage and Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) project, which aims to accelerate large scale electrical energy storage deployment through collaborative efforts between state energy agencies, US DOE Office of Electricity and Sandia National Laboratories.
Hantz Présumé Principal Engineer, VELCO
Hantz Présumé is the director of VELCO’s System Planning Group, and has served at the company since 2001. In his current role, Hantz oversees VELCO’s long-range transmission planning studies, non-transmission alternative (NTA) studies, as well as generator interconnection studies.