2024 CESA MDF Preliminary Agenda

OCTOBER 22-23, 2024

Annual Market Development Forum Oct 22-23, 2024 | David Brower Center | Berkeley, CA

The 15th Annual MDF is an invite-only gathering of the energy storage ecosystem, including regulators, utilities, and CESA members, focused on how energy storage will support California’s decarbonization and grid reliability goals. Join 150+ energy storage industry leaders for premier inperson business networking opportunities and an insightful, educational program on safety permitting, long-duration energy storage, integrated resource planning, resource adequacy, interconnection, and more.

Preliminary Program

Day 1 - October 22, 2024

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Member Registration Opens

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Annual CESA Member Meeting (CESA Members Only)

In this member-only session, CESA will introduce any new staff to members and discuss its strategic priorities for 2025.

• Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, CESA

• Renae Steichen, CESA Board Chair, REV Renewables

• Rachel McMahon, Vice President - Policy, CESA

• Catherine Smith, Administrative Liaison, CESA

• Cara Martinson, CESA Safety Committee, Public House Consulting

• Don Tretheway, GDS Associates

• Perry Servedio, GDS Associates

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Coffee Break and Non-member Registration

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Fireside Chat

• Leuwam Tesfai, Deputy Director of Energy and Climate, CPUC

• Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, CESA

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Electricity Demand, Technological Changes, and Market Integration Trends Affecting the Growth of Storage

• Nathan Miller, Director at Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc., E3

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Regionalization

• Lisa Hickey, Interwest Energy Alliance

• Stacey Crowley, CAISO (invited)

• Beau Beljean, Western Power Pool

• Don Tretheway, GDS

• Moderator: Rahul Kalaskar, AES

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Safety

• Nick Warner, Energy Safety Response Group

• Allan Calder, Solano Co

• Gary Ashley, Tesla

• Moderator: Cara Martinson, CESA Safety Committee, Public House Consulting

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM GO-167 Updates

• Nika Kjensli, Program Manager, Electric Safety and Reliability Branch, CPUC

• Moderator: Rachel McMahon, Vice PresidentPolicy, CESA

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Coffee Break

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Long-Duration Energy Storage

• Julia Souder, Executive Director, LDES Council

• Elyse Kedzie, Utilities Engineer, CEC

• Jason Houck, Form Energy (invited)

• Moderator: Rachel McMahon, Vice PresidentPolicy, CESA

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Remarks

• Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, CESA

4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Reception: Study Hall Rooftop Lounge at the Residence Inn

Preliminary Program

Day 2 - October 23, 2024

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Breakfast and Registration

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome & Introductions

• Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, CESA

• Renae Steichen, CESA Board Chair, REV Renewables

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM California’s Clean Energy Leadership

• Grant Mack, Governor’s Office (invited)

• State Sen. Nancy Skinner (invited)

• State Sen. Scott Wiener (invited)

• Joe Eto, Board of Governors, CAISO (invited)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CONCURRENT TRACKS

Transmission Track: Transmission Planning and Permitting

• Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, CPUC (invited)

• Jeff Billington, CAISO (invited)

• Ahmad Ababneh, PG&E (invited)

• Kate Griffith, Gridworks (invited)

• Moderator: Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, CESA

Distribution Track: Enabling Multiple Uses of Distributed Storage

• Mariko Geronimo, Lumen Energy Strategy

• Moderator: Rachel McMahon, Vice PresidentPolicy, CESA

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM CONCURRENT TRACKS

Transmission Track: Reforming Transmission Interconnection

• Hannes Pfeifenberger, Brattle (invited)

• Jo Seel, LBNL

• Danielle Mills, CAISO (invited)

• Jasmie Guan (AES) (invited)

• Moderator: Don Tretheway, GDS Associates

Distribution Track: Distribution Interconnection

• Sam Maslin, Eddy Energy

• Rachel Bird, Rachel Bird Strategies

• Mariko Geronimo, Lumen Energy Strategy

• Frank McElvain, CPUC (invited)

• Moderator: Rachel McMahon, Vice PresidentPolicy, CESA

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Onshoring BESS Manufacturing

• Suzanne Leta, Fluence Energy

• MJ Shiao, American Clean Power

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Resource Adequacy

• Jaime Gannon, CPUC (invited)

• Lauren Carr, CalCCA (invited)

• Moderator: Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, CESA

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CAISO Markets

• Sergio Dueñas, CAISO

• Renae Steichen, REV Renewables

• Michael Volpe, PG&E

• Moderator: Don Tretheway, GDS

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Coffee Break

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM IRP and Portfolio Planning

• Nathan Barcic, Supervisor, Integrated Resources Planning, CPUC

• Zakary Liske, SVCE (invited)

• Anu Pandey, PG&E (invited)

• Nick Schlag, E3

• Moderator: Perry Servedio, GDS Associates

5:00 PM -5:15 PM Closing Remarks

• Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, CESA

5:15 PM - 6:45 PM Happy Hour at the David Brower Center