New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Webinar Series

The Energy Transition Act of NM (NM ETA) requires the state’s retail electricity sales to be carbon free by 2050. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NM PRC) began meeting that objective recently when it unanimously approved a plan to replace the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, N.M., with 650 MW of photovoltaics (PV) and 300 MW of energy storage by 2022. These webinars explored the technical requirements and other measures necessary to achieve the NM ETA objectives, and to help inform regulators and policy makers, utilities, industry, and the public on the pathways to meeting them.

November 10, 2020 – Energy Storage for Meeting Peak Load

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SpeakerOrganizationPresentation
Stephen FischmannChair, New Mexico Public Regulation CommissionWebinar Introduction
Dr. Imre GyukDirector, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage ProgramOpening Comments
Angie GouldEnergy Research and Development Division, California Energy CommissionEnergy Storage for Meeting Peak Load in California
Roger “Hal” HalbakkenNevada Energy Renewables & Origination DepartmentStorage Options for Meeting Peak Load in Nevada
Will McNamaraSandia National LaboratoriesPolicy Issues for Using Energy Storage for Peak Load in New Mexico

December 8, 2020 – Battery Storage for Generation and Transmission Deferral

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SpeakerOrganizationPresentation
Dr. Imre GyukDirector, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage ProgramOpening Comments
Hisham OthmanQuanta TechnologyEnergy Storage for Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Deferral (the “Non Wires Alternative”)
Robert McKeeStrategic Projects Director, American Transmission CompanyDeploying Energy Storage as Transmission Assets
Babak EnayatiManager, Engineering and Technology Department, Asset Development, National GridEnergy Storage, A Tool in the Toolbox
Chris RootChief Operating Officer, Vermont Electric Power CompanyStorage as T&D Investment Deferral Option
Samrat DattaDirector, Advanced Network Planning, EntergyNon-Wire Alternatives: Challenges and Opportunities 
Jeremy TwitchellPacific Northwest National LaboratoryEnergy Storage for T&D Deferral – the New Mexico Policy Perspective

January 5, 2021 – Programs, Policies, and Carbon Impacts

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SpeakerOrganizationPresentation
Dr. Imre GyukDirector, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage ProgramIntroduction to Energy Storage and Electrification
Rick FioravantiDirector, Transportation Electrification, Quanta TechnologyLocalizing Transportation Electrification EV Charger Impacts – Key to Understanding EV Integration
Kevin TynanGlobal Director of Automotive Research, Bloomberg IntelligenceEV Adoption Rates in 2021
Will McNamaraSandia National LaboratoriesPolicy Issues Associated with Electrification in New Mexico

February 9, 2021 – Multiple Use Applications and Resilience

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SpeakerOrganizationPresentation
Dr. Imre GyukDirector, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage ProgramOpening Comments
Dr. Ray ByrneSandia National LaboratoriesEnergy Storage & Multiple Use Applications
Dr. Bobby JeffersSandia National LaboratoriesEnergy Storage for Resilience
Jeremy TwitchellPacific Northwest National LaboratoryPolicy and Planning for Resilience