Todd Olinsky-Paul

Boston Medical Center: New England’s Largest Safety-Net Hospital Installs Energy Storage

A battery storage installation at Boston Medical Center demonstrates how hospitals can integrate energy storage into an efficiency or sustainability program to better manage peak demand and lower costly demand charges. The project is profiled in this case study by Clean Energy Group.  Boston Medical Center (BMC) is the largest and busiest trauma and emergency…

Energy Storage Program Design for Peak Demand Reduction

This issue brief, released by CEG and CESA, outlines best practices and lessons learned for state policymakers and regulators engaged in developing energy storage peak demand reduction programs. The brief explores key elements of program design, such as incentive mechanisms and dispatch methods, as well as considerations for incentivizing load reduction versus power export, and peak demand reduction versus emission reduction.

Comments on Connecticut’s Energy Storage Solutions Program

Clean Energy Group (CEG) submitted comments regarding the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s annual Energy Storage Solutions (ESS) program review. The comments focus on multifamily affordable housing participation in the program and the benefits of energy storage for residents. CEG proposes that the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority consider establishing additional adders in the ESS program…

Energy Storage Incentive Rate Setting for States

This issue brief provides recommendations and guidance on incentive rate-setting for states seeking to develop distributed (behind-the-meter) energy storage incentive programs. It is intended to help states decide how to structure incentive programs and how to set incentive rates.

Clean Energy Group Comments on Massachusetts DOER Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program

Clean Energy Group submitted comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources on DOER’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program.

Clean Energy Group Comments on Massachusetts DOER Charging Forward Report

Clean Energy Group submitted comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources on DOER’s December 2023 report, “Charging Forward: Energy Storage Toward a Net Zero Commonwealth.”

States Energy Storage Policy: Best Practices for Decarbonization

This report highlights best practices, identifies barriers, and underscores the urgent need to expand state energy storage policymaking to support decarbonization in the US.

Comments on New Jersey Energy Storage Incentive Program Straw Proposal

Clean Energy Group and the Clean Energy States Alliance submitted comments to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on the New Jersey Energy Storage Incentive Program Straw Proposal.

Recommendations to MA EEAC on Equity Provisions for Battery Storage

CEG submitted comments to the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council recommending that equity provisions be developed and implemented into the ConnectedSolutions program.

CEG Comments to Illinois Commerce Commission on Energy Storage Cost-Benefit Valuation

Comments submitted to the ICC as stakeholder input to its energy storage proceedings addressing cost-benefit valuation for energy storage.