Press Statements
February 28, 2020
“ESA applauds Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Chair Murkowski and Ranking Member Manchin for including provisions such as the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act, which advances energy storage [...]Read More
Press Statements
February 12, 2020
“ESA commends the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate for recognizing the role storage plays in improving grid reliability, decarbonizing the economy, and creating economic opportunities,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO [...]Read More
Press Statements
January 29, 2020
“Energy storage is an essential tool for enabling more clean energy deployments and making the power system more resilient. ESA commends the sponsors of the CLEAN Future Act for recognizing [...]Read More
Press Statements
January 16, 2020
“The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) is pleased with the U.S. Trade Representative’s decision to lower tariffs on Chinese lithium-ion batteries from 15% to 7.5%, effective February 14, 2020. This [...]Read More
Press Statements
January 08, 2020
“ESA commends Representatives Tom Reed (R-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), and their bipartisan colleagues for introducing the Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2019, which looks to establish a longer term, [...]Read More
Press Statements
December 20, 2019
“We are concerned to learn of FERC’s decision on PJM’s Minimum Price Offer Rule (MOPR), which counteracts legitimate state policies to deploy innovative new technologies, such as energy storage, that have proven [...]Read More
Press Statements
December 19, 2019
“The inclusion of an energy storage target in the Virginia Clean Economy Act will ensure that the Commonwealth is able to reliably and affordably meet its clean energy and environmental [...]Read More
Press Statements
December 19, 2019
“ESA commends the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee for considering an amended version of the Better Energy Storage Technology Act (H.R. 2986),” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of the U.S. [...]Read More
Press Statements
December 17, 2019
“We are disappointed in the tax provisions announced this morning that omitted a provision for stand-alone energy storage,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of the U.S. Energy Storage Association. “This was [...]Read More
ESA Press, Press Statements
November 18, 2019
“The U.S. Energy Storage Association greatly appreciates the House Ways & Means Committee for prioritizing stand-alone energy storage for ITC eligibility in the GREEN Act discussion draft,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, [...]Read More
