Todd Olinsky-Paul

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.

Energy Storage Policy Best Practices from New England: Ten Lessons from Six States

This report explores energy storage policy best practices and lessons learned from the New England states. It aims to inform state policymakers and regulators seeking to expand energy storage markets.

Comments to the Massachusetts EEAC regarding ConnectedSolutions Program Expansion and Revision for 2022-2024

Clean Energy Group submitted comments to the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council regarding ConnectedSolutions battery storage program solutions shortcomings, which should be addressed in the upcoming 2022-2024 Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan.

Comments on the EmPOWER Maryland Program

Clean Energy Group submitted comments to the Maryland Energy Efficiency Advocates Future Programming Working Group on how the ConnectedSolutions model could be used to reduce peak electricity demand while bringing cost savings and energy resilience benefits to Maryland’s ratepayers, including limited-income households.