US-DOE-IESA Webinar Series on Energy Storage - 20th July 2023

Welcome to US-DOE-IESA Webinar Series on Energy Storage

Webinar Overview

Energy Storage is becoming an integral part of the energy transition landscape across the globe. Under the auspicious of the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, the US-DoE and India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) launched webinar series on Energy Storage with active participation from government officials, key industry players, national labs, and stakeholders.

Topics of Discussion

• Policy & regulatory action to enable storage

• Best Practices / Marketing models to support ES deployments.

• State and central-level policies to drive energy storage adoption in the USA and India

Duration: ~2 Hours

Speakers:

• Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA 
• Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)
• Jai Prakash Shivahare, IAS, Managing Director, GUVNL
• Sanskriti Dubey, Senior Manager, Market Growth & Communications, Fluence India
• Ketan Chitnis - Business Head - Advanced Cells - L&T
• Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA
• Ramana Reddy, IRPS, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, NREDCAP
• Michael Hill, Energy Industry Analyst, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Jim Zolnierek, Chief - Public Utilities Bureau, Illinois Commerce Commission
• Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy. Energy

Program Structure:

• Welcome Remarks – Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, IESA (5 mins)

• Panel Discussion: Best Practices / Marketing models to support ES deployments. (45 minutes)
  • Moderator: Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)
  • Jai Prakash Shivahare, IAS, Managing Director, GUVNL
  • Sanskriti Dubey, Senior Manager, Market Growth & Communications, Fluence India
  • Ketan Chitnis - Business Head - Advanced Cells - L&T
  • Q&A (10 minutes)

• Panel Discussion: Policy & regulatory action to enable storage (45 minutes)
  • Moderator: Rahul Walawalkar, President, IESA
  • Ramana Reddy, IRPS, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, NREDCAP
  • Michael Hill, Energy Industry Analyst, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Jim Zolnierek, Chief - Public Utilities Bureau, Illinois Commerce Commission
  • Q&A (10 minutes)
• Vote of Thanks: Elena Thomas-Kerr, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy. Energy (5 minutes)