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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| Speaker | Organization | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Fischmann | Chair, New Mexico Public Regulation Commission | Webinar Introduction |
| Dr. Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program | Opening Comments |
| Angie Gould | Energy Research and Development Division, California Energy Commission | Energy Storage for Meeting Peak Load in California |
| Roger “Hal” Halbakken | Nevada Energy Renewables & Origination Department | Storage Options for Meeting Peak Load in Nevada |
| Will McNamara | Sandia National Laboratories | Policy 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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| Speaker | Organization | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program | Opening Comments |
| Hisham Othman | Quanta Technology | Energy Storage for Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Deferral (the “Non Wires Alternative”) |
| Robert McKee | Strategic Projects Director, American Transmission Company | Deploying Energy Storage as Transmission Assets |
| Babak Enayati | Manager, Engineering and Technology Department, Asset Development, National Grid | Energy Storage, A Tool in the Toolbox |
| Chris Root | Chief Operating Officer, Vermont Electric Power Company | Storage as T&D Investment Deferral Option |
| Samrat Datta | Director, Advanced Network Planning, Entergy | Non-Wire Alternatives: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Jeremy Twitchell | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Energy Storage for T&D Deferral – the New Mexico Policy Perspective |
January 5, 2021 – Programs, Policies, and Carbon Impacts
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| Speaker | Organization | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program | Introduction to Energy Storage and Electrification |
| Rick Fioravanti | Director, Transportation Electrification, Quanta Technology | Localizing Transportation Electrification EV Charger Impacts – Key to Understanding EV Integration |
| Kevin Tynan | Global Director of Automotive Research, Bloomberg Intelligence | EV Adoption Rates in 2021 |
| Will McNamara | Sandia National Laboratories | Policy Issues Associated with Electrification in New Mexico |
February 9, 2021 – Multiple Use Applications and Resilience
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| Speaker | Organization | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Imre Gyuk | Director, DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program | Opening Comments |
| Dr. Ray Byrne | Sandia National Laboratories | Energy Storage & Multiple Use Applications |
| Dr. Bobby Jeffers | Sandia National Laboratories | Energy Storage for Resilience |
| Jeremy Twitchell | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Policy and Planning for Resilience |