CESA project director Todd Olinsky-Paul and Dr. Imre Gyuk of US DOE Office of Electricity (DOE-OE) gave testimony in April at the request of the Vermont House Energy & Technology Committee, which is considering a bill that would direct the state Department of Public Service to conduct an energy storage study. The study would characterize the opportunities for, benefits of, and barriers to energy storage deployment in Vermont; assess relevant policy and programs adopted by other states; identify regulatory options and structures available in Vermont; and make recommendations to the Committee regarding the next best steps for Vermont to take. DOE-OE funds CESA’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) through a contract with Sandia National Laboratories; through this program, CESA provides support for state energy storage policy development and state-sponsored energy storage deployment efforts. Vermont is one of several states now considering how best to approach energy storage policy development.
