On April 15-17, 2025, Sandia technical systems analyst Will McNamara moderated a panel session on the last day of the first IEEE PES Energy & Policy Forum held in Washington, D.C. The Forum was a week-long event filled with engaging and informative sessions, aimed at exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector.The panel session that McNamara moderated was entitled “Market Dynamics: Policy and Technology Landscape for LDES” and included panelists Huiyi Zhang Jackson, Senior Director of Clean Energy Technologies and Policy at the Edison Electric Institute; Todd Olinsky-Paul, Senior Project Director at Clean Energy States Alliance and Clean Energy Group; and Farnaz Farzan, Principal Advisor/Team Lead at Quanta Technology LLC. This session provided an opportunity for in-depth discussion and sharing of unique perspectives on the evolving use cases and value propositions for long-duration energy storage (LDES), current technology developments, and market reforms specific to LDES that are taking place across regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, and at the state level.Earlier in the week, McNamara also conducted a two-hour tutorial entitled “Policy and Regulation Supporting Energy Storage,” alongside Jeremy Twitchell of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.The inaugural Energy & Policy Forum was well attended, bringing together government experts, policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, and other key stakeholders to explore strategic solutions that enhance the reliability, resilience, security, and affordability of U.S. power systems.
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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity (OE), Energy Storage Division