Over the past three years, the Northeastern United States has innovated in behind-the-meter battery storage and incentive structures. Battery storage programs in states such as New York, Massachusetts and Vermont are providing new insights to increase battery storage deployment, benefiting participants, taxpayers and society. This webinar explored Connecticut's rise to power with its Framework for an Equitable Modern Grid (https://bit.ly/3tk1Kb2) and the creation of energy storage solutions (https://bit.ly/36NuUYp), the biggest driver for battery storage. program of its kind in the country. Panelists detailed the public policy rationale and use of conventional cost-effectiveness testing to design a replicable and scalable incentive program with resilience and justice as priorities.

Panelists:
– Josh Ryor – Director, Office of Utility Programs and Initiatives at the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
– Nicole Reed Fry – Director at Guidehouse
-Tyler Olney – Managing Consultant at Guidehouse
– Todd Olinsky-Paul (co-moderator) – Senior Project Director at the Clean Energy Group
– Bryan Garcia (co-moderator) – President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank

Slides from this webinar are available as PDF at: https://www.cleanegroup.org/wp-content/uploads/webinar-3-2-22-slides.pdf

For more background information, download a detailed Excel spreadsheet (http://www.dpuc.state.ct.us/2nddockcurr.nsf/8e6fc37a54110e3e852576190052b64d/893b748e925bca1c85258761006e4b61/$FILE/17-12-03RE03_ProgramB CAM odel_2021-10-01.xlsx) and PowerPoint slide support (https://bit.ly/3Hx0TbZ) from Guidehouse technical assistance for program design.

This webinar is the first in a three-part webinar series on Connecticut's energy storage program.
– Part 2: Putting Policy into Practice: How CT Green Bank, Eversource and Avangrid will collaborate in Connecticut's Energy Storage Solutions Program (https://bit.ly/3C31jpH)
– Part 3: How CEG and CT Green Bank Connecticut are helping affordable housing facilities install resilient solar + storage (https://bit.ly/3C31jpH)

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