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.
March 04, 2021
ESA testified at the Connecticut General Assembly today in support of SB 952, which will set a 1 GW energy storage target to be achieved by 2030. With its passage, [...]Read More
February 24, 2021
ESA submitted responses today to interrogatories from Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), following the February 1 technical meeting on PURA’s Energy Storage Straw Proposal. ESA recommended that Connecticut’s Energy Storage Program provide [...]Read More
February 24, 2021
ESA filed comments today in response to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission investigation into the use of energy storage as a distribution asset. ESA provided examples of various use cases of energy storage to [...]Read More
February 09, 2021
ESA and the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) jointly filed comments on January 26, 2021 responding to the Connecticut Public Utility Regulatory Authority (“PURA”) Straw Proposal to provide upfront incentives and [...]Read More
January 22, 2021
ESA filed comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (“ACC”) today (January 22, 2021) in support of the Commission’s Energy Rules. ESA applauded the inclusion of all source procurement reforms, an [...]Read More
January 11, 2021
ESA submitted comments to the New Hampshire Public Utility Commission (NHPUC) on January 11, 2021 in response to NHPUC’s Order of Notice opening an investigation into the compensation for energy [...]Read More
November 23, 2020
ESA joined Northeast Clean Energy Council, Solar Energy Industries Alliance, and the Coalition for Community Solar Access in submitting a request to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to update [...]Read More
November 02, 2020
ESA, the Virginia Advanced Energy Economy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and Maryland-DC-Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association (MDV-SEIA) jointly submitted comments to the Virginia State Corporation Commission in response to [...]Read More
October 21, 2020
ESA provided comments to the Virginia State Corporation Commission in response to Dominion’s 2020 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in docket No. PUR-2020-00035. ESA noted that the PJM update to capacity [...]Read More
October 20, 2020
ESA submitted comments to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities in its ongoing Investigation of Resource Adequacy Alternatives, Docket No. EO20030203. The comments note that energy storage is an [...]Read More
