2025 Agenda

The morning will start with a plenary session with attendees of the Battery Show South, Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo and Energy Storage Summit. Sessions will include detail on the state of the industry, cost of raw materials and the direction of travel for manufacturing and R&D. These plenary sessions will be led by CxO speakers before allowing the audience to break down into four detailed streams of content. There will be a short morning break, allowing for networking with attendees and exhibitors.

What were some of the key trends we saw in stationary energy storage (BESS) projects in the US during 2024, and how do experts expect these trends to evolve as 2025 progresses?

Permitting considerations, connection queues and a complicated route to market for developers looking to expand their portfolio, join us as we consider the deployment trends for 2025 in some of the newest battery storage markets.

• Reflections on deployment strategies of 2024, what has worked well and where might the industry be headed in light of a potential change of administration?
• Community engagement and permitting trends, what has been the impact of changing public perceptions on BESS deployment?
• Overcoming citing issues and overcoming the connection queue
• Most attractive revenue opportunities for energy storage in 2025

From regulatory hurdles, policy incentives and revenue stacking, our panel of experts will discuss the best strategies for entering the Southeast and Midwest markets and leave you feeling upbeat about the prospect for investing in BESS in these regions.

More additions onto the grid, longer interconnection queues, increasing energy demand and a host of new opportunities for the storage industry. Find out more on current and future market potential in this panel.

This keynote presentation from Key Capture Energy will bring insight and expertise from an owner-operator with vast experience and multiple assets in other developed US markets such as ERCOT. The market has generally followed CAISO and now ERCOT – how should MISO and other markets be preparing to bring more batteries online in 2025, and what is the best way to optimize them for grid stability?

As federal-set targets increase the need for energy storage on our grids, how can utilities benefit from energy storage technologies, and what learnings can be taken from existing projects. Attend this dialogue-led session to understand the interests of utilities and how the energy storage sector should respond.

• In-house and contractor considerations
• Procurement need-to-knows from technology, revenue and deployment hurdles
• Risks and safety considerations
• Contract and PPA considerations

• PPA, service contracts, asset management, what are the common landmines in these contracts?
• The basics of performance guarantees
• Overcoming the pitfalls and common mistakes when structuring offtake agreements

Like other grid operators, SPP is seeing a surge in generator interconnection requests. In August of 2024 SPP the operator asked FERC for permission to stop accepting new interconnection requests until it received ‘greater certainty’ surrounding pending study clusters. Is this enough reason to look away from an otherwise exciting market for BESS? Find out in this session.

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are indispensable for the energy transition. However, China’s dominance in the battery supply chain raises geopolitical and cybersecurity concerns for project owners, contractors, and integrators sourcing equipment from foreign entities of concern. The recentHouse Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party hearing titled “End the Typhoons: How to Deter Beijing’s Cyber Actions and Enhance America’s Lackluster Cyber Defenses” reenforced the need to develop strategies to mitigate the risks of Chinese supplied equipment for the electric grid. Mr. Villarreal’s research at Georgia Tech, offers a roadmap for mitigating risks associated with sourcing BESS from China, emphasizing countermeasures through a layered “defense-in-depth” approach. This strategy incorporates: 1) Traditional IT/OT security measures, 2) Cyber Informed Engineering principles, and 3) Purchasing strategies to reduce supplier risks.

The Southwest Atlanta Energy Storage project is an innovative battery energy storage project proposed for Fulton County, Georgia that features batteries with a capacity of up to 250 megawatts and a 4-hour duration. It will provide Georgia with additional flexibility in managing the energy grid, helping keep the lights on even during the hottest months of the year, when demand for electricity is at its peak.