Todd Olinsky-Paul
Senior Project Director
At CESA, Todd directs the Energy Storage and Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) project, which aims to accelerate large scale electrical energy storage deployment through collaborative efforts with state energy agencies, US DOE Office of Electricity and Sandia National Laboratories. Todd also works on CEG’s Resilient Power project in the areas of solar+storage for critical infrastructure energy resiliency, distributed energy storage policy and economics, and is the CEG/CESA lead for state energy storage policy support. His recent work has focused on virtual power plants and the equitable incorporation of solar+storage into state clean energy policy and programs. Todd has an M.S. in Environmental Policy from Bard College and a B.A. from Brown University.
Tel: 802-223-2554 x207
Email: Todd@cleanegroup.org
Location: Montpelier, VT
Blog Posts by Todd Olinsky-Paul
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Clean Energy Group2021-09-28 11:28:232021-10-25 11:29:40With Forward Capacity Auction Success, Batteries are Winning in New England
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Clean Energy Group2021-08-23 10:10:182022-03-16 15:27:52Connecticut Powers into the Lead with Breakthrough Customer Battery Program
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Clean Energy Group2021-02-19 13:20:022021-02-19 14:18:09The Lesson of Texas – And a New Program States Can Use to Quickly Fund the Distributed Energy Storage Solution
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Clean Energy Group2020-07-22 14:12:032020-08-07 14:15:13Massachusetts and Vermont crack the code on distributed energy storage
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Clean Energy Group2020-07-20 12:30:592020-08-10 13:35:26ConnectedSolutions First Results: Massachusetts’ groundbreaking efficiency program for customer batteries receives its first report card
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Clean Energy Group2020-07-10 14:26:052020-07-10 15:35:57DC Court Upholds Major FERC Storage Order, Should Lead to Massive New Battery Markets Across Country
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Clean Energy Group2020-04-13 13:05:422020-04-13 14:31:53The New England Battery Revolution: In a Public Health Crisis, State Efficiency Programs Are Making Resilient Power Affordable for All
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Clean Energy Group2019-05-17 14:29:022020-01-03 11:06:39FERC Upholds Order Opening Markets to Energy Storage
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Clean Energy Group2019-04-18 15:54:502020-01-03 11:11:16Energy Storage Is the New Efficiency
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Clean Energy Group2019-02-01 16:05:282019-02-04 10:28:08Massachusetts becomes first in the nation to make battery storage eligible for energy efficiency incentives
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Clean Energy Group2018-07-30 10:04:112018-08-06 13:00:02Advancing Energy Storage Technologies to Meet Clean Energy Goals in Massachusetts
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Clean Energy Group2018-04-10 11:07:002018-04-27 15:16:08FERC 841 Opens Markets to Energy Storage
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Clean Energy Group2017-12-13 08:51:052017-12-19 14:43:53Massachusetts Announces More Energy Storage Grants
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Clean Energy Group2017-07-05 10:26:342018-04-04 17:34:51How One Small US Town Will Save Millions with a Microgrid
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Clean Energy Group2017-04-14 14:20:402018-04-04 17:36:18Small Community Saves Big with Energy Storage
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Clean Energy Group2017-03-31 13:13:202018-04-04 17:36:31Bringing the Benefits of Solar+Storage to Low-Income Communities: A Guide for States and Municipalities
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Clean Energy Group2016-12-21 15:08:182020-08-10 13:41:02How Utilities Can Bring Storage to Scale in Massachusetts
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Clean Energy Group2016-10-12 12:34:442016-10-12 12:39:50Sterling, Massachusetts Breaks Ground on a Resilient Energy Storage System
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Clean Energy Group2016-09-21 11:40:102016-10-28 12:23:36Massachusetts Goes All-In on Energy Storage
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Clean Energy Group2016-08-31 15:37:312018-08-06 14:37:04Offshore Wind Power: Finally Made in the USA
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Clean Energy Group2016-07-13 15:32:312016-09-19 13:09:08US DOE, Sandia, CEG/CESA collaborate to provide municipal energy storage procurement guidance
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Clean Energy Group2016-04-29 10:08:402016-05-06 10:19:07New York Utilities, Solar Developers Partner to Solve Net Metering
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Clean Energy Group2016-03-29 11:20:282017-08-22 11:32:51Can Storage Rescue Solar?
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Clean Energy Group2016-02-29 12:33:592019-09-13 12:50:47States Support Clean Energy for Low-Income Residents
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Clean Energy Group2016-02-19 14:12:362016-02-19 14:12:36Clarifying the Role of Distributed Storage in PJM
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Clean Energy Group2016-01-27 16:30:232016-01-28 09:30:34Supreme Court Upholds FERC Action on Demand Response
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Clean Energy Group2016-01-13 09:37:442016-01-20 16:52:56New Jersey Takes Another Swing at Resilient Solar+Storage
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Clean Energy Group2015-12-21 15:19:202019-09-13 12:52:48Energy Storage Brings Resiliency to Eugene, OR
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Clean Energy Group2015-11-19 15:21:212019-09-13 12:54:08Massachusetts Gets Serious About Resilient Power
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Clean Energy Group2015-09-25 10:16:552015-12-07 13:24:17Distributed Resilient Storage for Utility Capacity Shaving: A Use Case
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Clean Energy Group2015-08-19 10:50:072015-12-07 15:15:07Utilities Seek to Integrate Distributed Storage
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Clean Energy Group2015-07-31 11:29:102016-01-20 16:18:07Offshore Wind: At Long Last
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Clean Energy Group2015-07-21 12:00:522015-12-07 15:16:20Say Hello to the Grid
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Clean Energy Group2015-06-11 12:00:532016-01-20 16:10:07The Solar+Storage Innovation You Didn’t Hear About
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Clean Energy Group2015-06-04 12:00:222016-01-20 16:08:02Oregon is Poised to Fund Energy Storage
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Clean Energy Group2015-05-18 11:49:032015-12-07 15:18:59Energy Storage Comes of Age in New York
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Clean Energy Group2015-05-04 11:57:162015-11-20 14:52:37Supreme Court to Decide on Demand Response
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Clean Energy Group2015-04-17 12:05:092016-01-20 15:50:02New Jersey Leverages Markets to Support Resilient Solar+Storage Deployment
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Clean Energy Group2015-03-30 13:37:042016-01-20 15:48:57Solar+Storage in Schools: The No-Brainer Solution for Clean, Resilient Shelters
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Clean Energy Group2015-03-23 13:41:542015-12-07 15:20:03Resilient Cell Towers: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
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Clean Energy Group2015-01-02 14:48:042019-09-13 13:25:22Massachusetts Announces Second Round of Resilient Power Project Grants
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Clean Energy Group2014-12-22 13:01:172015-12-07 15:21:52CT DEEP Contemplates Microgrid Program Revisions
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Clean Energy Group2014-11-14 13:51:462019-09-13 13:42:30State Efforts at Grid Modernization
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Clean Energy Group2014-10-17 11:01:242015-12-07 15:23:05New York City: Power Stations in Flood Plain
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Clean Energy Group2014-10-10 11:08:562015-11-20 14:06:34Massachusetts DOER awards $7.4 million to critical infrastructure resilient power projects
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Clean Energy Group2014-06-27 11:57:052015-12-07 15:25:50Solar + Storage and the Utility Death Spiral
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Clean Energy Group2014-06-18 12:07:352019-09-13 13:54:55CESA States Push For Grid Modernization
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Clean Energy Group2014-05-21 12:57:562016-01-20 14:04:50Reforming the Energy Vision: Moore’s Law and the New York Department of Public Service
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Clean Energy Group2014-04-23 13:14:062016-01-20 14:02:41Solar/Storage Threatens Utility Model, Says Morgan Stanley
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Clean Energy Group2013-11-01 16:50:012017-12-15 15:59:06Solar Storage: The New Resilient Clean Energy Technology
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Clean Energy Group2013-10-10 15:19:102015-12-30 14:36:46Battery Storage and Wind Energy: The Stanford Study
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Clean Energy Group2013-08-16 14:06:592016-01-20 13:11:48Storage and Finance: Overcoming Two Barriers to Renewable Progress
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Clean Energy Group2013-07-11 16:17:082016-01-20 12:30:38States Seek Resilient Power Solutions
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Clean Energy Group2012-06-11 15:01:032016-01-20 11:36:27New Massachusetts Report Identifies Renewable Thermal Opportunities