Congressional Reports

This page contains reports to Congress prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy Storage Program.

2013 DOE Energy Storage Response to Congress

This report sets out potential options to improve energy storage. It also presents a number of specific actions that could help maintain both scientific advancements and a pipeline of project deployments.

2015 U.S. House of Representatives; Committee on Science, Space and Technology; Subcommittee on Energy

Statement of Dr. Imre Gyuk, Program Manager for DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program
“Innovations in Battery Storage for Renewable Energy”

2018 Report to Congressional Requestors — Information on Challenges to Deployment for Electricity Grid Operations and Efforts to Address Them

This report describes (1) how energy storage can be used to enhance grid operations and performance; (2) factors that affect the deployment of energy storage for grid operations; and (3) federal and state policies and other efforts that address the deployment of energy storage.