Powered by Strategen & ESI ESNA @ the California Solar Energy Expo ESNA Solar+Storage Summit, powered by Strategen and ESI March 27, 2018 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA https://esnaexpo.com/regional ESNA @ the California Solar Power Expo The ESNA Solar+Storage Summit, powered by Strategen and ESI, is a co-located one-day event with Solar Power International s California Solar Energy Expo at the San Diego Convention Center Energy Storage North America s Solar+Storage Summit is a one-day deep dive into market opportunities for solar+storage in California, the first program of its kind, specifically targeted toward the solar installer and integrator community. Highlights of the summit include a review of global energy storage trends, and the resulting impacts to both in-front-of-the-meter and behind-the-meter solar value propositions. The business case for innovative commercial/industrial and residential solar+storage projects will be addressed, along with hands-on practical advice for how installers and integrators can incorporate storage into future solar projects from a sales, system design, procurement, and asset management perspective. California Public Utilities Commissioner Carla Peterman, the assigned commissioner for renewables, storage and alternative-fueled vehicles, will address the role of solar+storage for California s clean energy future. Produced jointly by experts on grid storage and solar, Strategen and Energy Storage International, ESNA s Solar+Storage Summit provides solar installers and integrators with essential insight for how to successfully engage in California s large and rapidly evolving clean energy marketplace going forward. 8:00-8:10 am Welcome Janice Lin, ESNA Co-Founder and Conference Chair, CEO Strategen 8:10-9:00 am Keynote Panel: Global Energy Storage Update This session will explore the global energy storage drivers, trends, applications and solutions being deployed, covering both in-front-of-the-meter and behind the meter applications, and implications for solar+storage opportunities. Janice Lin, ESNA Co-Founder and Conference Chair, CEO Strategen (moderator) Logan Goldie-Scot, Head of Energy Storage Analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Chelle Izzi, Executive Director Distributed Energy Resources, NextEra Energy Resources 9:00-9:30 am Keynote Presentation: California s Clean Energy Future: The Role of Solar, Storage and Alternative Fueled Vehicles
This session will explore the historic context of why California is leading the world in grid storage and elaborate on current developments. The role of energy storage, renewables and the electrification of transportation in achieving California s clean energy future will be explained, including what this will mean for solar+storage opportunities going forward. Janice Lin, ESNA Co-Founder and Conference Chair, CEO Strategen (moderator) Commissioner Carla J. Peterman, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Assigned commissioner to energy storage, renewables and alternative fueled vehicles 9:30-11:00 am SEIA TOU Tariff Design Presentation in Expo 11:00-11:30 am Business Case and Value Proposition for Behind-the-Meter C&I Solar+Storage Applications in California This session will present commercially-deployed examples of the value proposition of commercial & industrial solar+storage applications, including demand charge/bill management, and aggregated wholesale and utility contracted grid services. Alex Morris, Policy Director, CESA; VP Strategen (moderator) Vic Shao, Founder and Chairman of Engie Storage 11:30-12:00 pm Business Case and Value Proposition for Behind-the-Meter Residential Solar+Storage Applications in California This session will present commercially-deployed examples of the value proposition of residential solar+storage applications, including rate design impacts and implications of EV charging and emergency backup capabilities. Alex Morris, Policy Director, CESA; VP Strategen (moderator) Poormehr Honarmand, Director of Product Management Energy Services Platform at Sun Run Colin Law, Director of Sales and Marketing for Energy Services, Sun Run 12:00-12:30 pm Business Case and Value Proposition for Low Income and Multi Family Solar+Storage Applications in California This session will provide an overview of the challenges of deploying solar+storage at low income and multi family residences, and how newly proposed utility incentive programs pursuant to AB 2868 may alleviate these challenges and help encourage deployment. Seth Mullendore, Vice President at Clean Energy Group (moderator) Maya Bandy, Residential Customer Program Manager at SDG&E Javier Mariscal, Senior Advisor on the Customer Distributed Resource Products at Southern California Edison 12:30-1:30pm Lunch break in Expo 1:30-2:30 pm Solar+Storage System Design (C&I and Residential): How to Optimize PV, Inverter and Storage Capacity to create a compelling value proposition. This mini-workshop will provide practical guidance on how to size the inverter and storage solution for a variety of real world use cases (microgrid, C&I demand charge management, residential with backup), including the role of software optimization and implications to the customer value proposition
Peter Hamilton, Principal at Better Energies (moderator) Doug Staker, VP Global Business Development at Demand Energy Networks/ENEL Barry Cinnamon, CEO Cinnamon Energy Systems Jennifer Worrall, CEO at Iteros, Inc. 2:30-3:30 pm Solar+Storage Procurement (C&I and Residential): How to Buy, Finance and Own Storage Evaluating and Communicating the True Cost of Ownership This mini workshop will provide practical guidance on how to procure energy storage as a solar installer; including how to evaluate storage solutions, finance them, manage them, evaluate total cost of ownership and communicate this to customers! Steve Holman, Founding Attorney, Clean Energy Counsel (moderator) David Kaltsas, Executive Director of Renewable Energy Operations & Investment at GAF Kim Saylors-Laster, Chief Procurement Officer and Executive Vice President at Black Bear Energy Inc. Dirk Morbitzer, Director Strategic Sourcing, Sunrun, Inc. 3:30-4:00pm Coffee break in Expo 4:00-4:30 pm How to Succeed in the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) California s Self Generation Incentive Program, the largest program of its kind in the world, provides commercialization incentives for behind-the-meter energy storage. This session will provide practical tips for accessing storage incentives for residential and C&I applications, as well as an overview of participation statistics to date, and an update on reforms currently underway. Alex Morris, Policy Director, CESA; VP Strategen (moderator) Andrea Woodall, Project Manager at Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) 4:30-5:30 pm Commercially-Available BTM Solutions Panel This session will provide quick, five-minute overviews from an array of commercially-available storage solution providers; covering both C&I and residential applications, and an opportunity for real-time Q&A. Janice Lin (moderator) Ralph Fallant, Sales Director at Storage Solutions at Nextracker Doug Staker, Vice President, Demand Energy An Enel Group Company Caleb Waugh, Head of Business Analytics, Lockheed Martin John Wood, CEO at Ecoult Brent Harris, Chief Technology Officer at Eguana Technologies 5:00-6:00pm 6:30-9:00pm Sponsored Reception in Expo Party at Barley Mash (optional)
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