Todd Olinsky-Paul

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.

ConnectedSolutions: The New Economics of Solar+Storage for Affordable Housing in Massachusetts

An analysis of multifamily affordable housing properties in Massachusetts finds that participation in the state’s new battery storage incentive program, called ConnectedSolutions, significantly improves the financial viability of solar+storage at affordable housing developments.

ConnectedSolutions: A New State Funding Mechanism to Make Battery Storage Accessible to All

This report aims to inform state policymakers about the structure and benefits of the ConnectedSolution battery storage program model. It summarizes barriers to scaling up distributed battery storage, explains how the ConnectedSolutions program was developed in the Northeast, and discusses why the program has been successful.

Comments to the New Jersey BPU Regarding Energy Storage in the Proposed Energy Efficiency Plan

Clean Energy Group submitted comments to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on the Energy Efficiency Transition – Full Straw Proposal.

CEG Filing in Vermont PUC docket on adding energy storage to state energy efficiency plan

CEG filed comments to the Vermont Public Utility Commission in a docket considering, among other things, the question of whether the state’s energy efficiency program should include behind-the-meter energy storage as an efficiency measure.

Comments by Clean Energy Group to MA DOER on proposed Clean Peak Energy Portfolio Standard – 225 CMR 21

Clean Energy Group comments to MA DOER on Oct. 31, 2019 on Proposed Clean Peak Portfolio Standard.

Clean Energy Group Comments regarding Proposed Changes to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program – “400 MW Review Public Comments”

Clean Energy Group submitted these comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) regarding proposed changes to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program.

Energy Storage: The New Efficiency ― How States Can Use Efficiency Funds to Support Battery Storage and Flatten Costly Demand Peaks

This report describes the process of enabling use of state energy efficiency funds to support the deployment of energy storage with performance incentives offered for demand reduction.