Resources

• Modernizing Minnesota’s Grid: An Economic Analysis of Energy Storage Opportunities
• Energy Storage 101: A Quick-Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition
  • Archived: 1st Edition (2015)
• Energy Storage Summit (2015): Poll Everywhere Survey Results

1. The Minnesota Jobs Project: A Guide to Creating Jobs in Energy Efficiency

1. Minnesota Clean Energy: Economic Impacts and Policy Drivers
2. Duluth’s Energy Future Full Report
   1. Duluth Energy Future Introduction
   2. Duluth Energy Future Chapter 1- Economic Modeling of Proposed Biomass and Solar Initiatives
   3. Duluth Energy Future Chapter 2- Investigating Zero Energy Potential
   4. Duluth Energy Future Chapter 3- Combined Heat and Power Barriers and Opportunities

1. University of Minnesota Campus PV Development Roadmap
2. University of Minnesota Campus Roadmap Executive Summary
3. Student Work
   1. Solar Testbed Master Plan
   2. Solar Ready University of Minnesota Guidelines
   3. Community Solar Roadmap

At the 2018 Institute on the Environment Annual Meeting, Ellen Anderson introduced a new IonE “Impact Goal” that the Energy Transition Lab would be championing within the IonE Community.

Two additional Impact Goals were announced: Safe Drinking Water and Sustainable Land-Use Planning.

• Citizen’s Voice Interview with Hari Osofsky at the Paris Climate Talks
• Citizen’s Voice Interview with Ellen Anderson at the Paris Climate Talks

On 11/26/18, The Energy Transition Lab welcomed Professor Roopali Phadke to speak about critical minerals and our mining future.

1. Welcome and Overview
   • Jessica Hellman, Institute on the Environment
   • Ellen Anderson Energy Transition Lab
2. The Midwest, MISO, and Energy Storage
   • Clair Moeller, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
3. Energy Storage from the Regulator Perspective 
   • Ted Thomas, Arkansas Public Services Commission
   • Nancy Lange, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
   • Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota Law School
4. Energy Storage: A Critical Hub for the Clean Energy Ecosystem
   • Kelly Speakes-Backman, Energy Storage Association
   • Phyllis Reha, PAR Energy Solutions
5. State Policies on Energy Storage
   • Dr. David Kolata Citizens Utility Board of Illinois
   • Bill Grant, Minnesota Department of Commerce
   • Brett Simon, GTM Research
   • Bradley Klein, Environmental Law and Policy Center
6. Keynote & Utility Executive Dialogue
   • Mary Powell, Green Mountain Power
   • Chris Clark, Xcel Energy of Minnesota, North Dakota & South Dakota
   • Ellen Anderson, Energy Transition Lab
7. Energy Storage Research Keynote & Panel Discussion 
   • Dr. George Crabtree, Argonne National Lab
   • Ellen Anderson, Energy Transition Lab
   • Ed Burgess, Strategen Consulting
   • Dr. Christopher Clack, Vibrant Clean Energy
   • Dr. Eray Aydil, University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering
8. Energy Storage Implementation Keynote & Panel: Energy Storage Projects that Pay for Themselves
   • Dr. Imre Gyuk, US Department of Energy
   • Sarah Van Cleve, Tesla
   • Lin Franks, Indiana Power & Light
   • Ken Smith, Ever-Green Energy & District Energy of St. Paul
9. Wrap-up Discussion: Bringing It All Together
   • Beth Soholt, Wind on the Wires
   • Lissa Pawlisch, Clean Energy Resource Teams/UMN Extension
   • Dr. George Crabtree, Argonne National Lab
   • Imre Gyuk, US Department of Energy
   • Jessica Hellman, Institute on the Environment

• Energy Storage Summit Welcome and Introductory Comments by Hari Osofsky and Ellen Anderson of the Energy Transition Lab
• Energy Transition and Energy Storage by James Tong of Clean Power Finance
• The Latest University of Minnesota Research panel moderated by Kristen Nelson of University of Minnesota
• Integrated Energy Storage panel moderated by Nina Axelson by Evergreen Energy
• Energy Storage Summit keynote address by Janice Lin of Strategen
• The Rules Matter panel moderated by Alexandra Klass of the University of Minnesota Law School
• The Business Case for Storage panel moderated by Paul Douglas
• Facilitated Participant Engagement and Concluding Remarks by Ellen Anderson and Ralph Jacobson of Innovative Power Systems

• Report to the Public Utilities Commission on The Energy Storage Workshop and Research on Modernizing Minnesota’s Grid: An Economic Analysis of Energy Storage Opportunities by Ellen Anderson, Dr. Christopher Clack of Vibrant Clean Energy LLC and Strategen Consulting
• Minnesota Energy Storage Workshop
  • Energy Storage 101 by Edward Burgess and Janice Lin of Strategen
  • The Current Minnesota Energy Landscape by Christine Andrews of the Energy Transition Lab
  • Global Trends in Energy Storage by Lon Huber of Strategen
• Minnesota Renewable Energy Society (MRES): Energy Storage in Minnesota and Beyond 

The Economics of Battery Energy Storage (Rocky Mountain Institute)

A more in-depth, battery energy storage focused analysis with an emphasis on 13 identified applications of battery storage to customers, utilities, and RTO/ISOs, along with economic benefit potential

“Battery-based energy storage is an important component of an increasingly secure, reliable, low carbon, and cost-effective electricity future. Energy storage has the potential to help integrate deeper penetrations of renewable energy onto electricity grids large and small, accelerate the adoption of other distributed energy resources by enabling customer independence, and, perhaps most importantly, deliver efficient, low-cost, fundamental electricity-grid services to society at large…”

Energy Storage for the Electricity Grid: Benefits and Market Potential Assessment Guide (Sandia National Laboratories)

A high-level, technology neutral framework for assessing Energy Storage Economic Potential

“Electric energy storage is poised to become an important element of the electricity infrastructure of the future. The storage opportunity is multifaceted – involving numerous stakeholders and interests – and could involve potentially rich value propositions. Those rich value propositions are possible because, as described in this report, there are numerous potentially complementary and significant benefits associated with storage use that could be aggregated into attractive value propositions…”

U.S. Energy Storage Monitor: 2015 Year in Review Executive Summary (GTMResearch)

A comprehensive Energy Storage Market Analysis

“U.S. Energy Storage Monitor is a quarterly publication of GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association (ESA). Each quarter, we gather data on U.S. energy storage deployments, prices, policies, regulations and business models. We compile this information into this report, which is intended to provide the most comprehensive, timely analysis of energy storage in the U.S….”

New York Battery and Energy Storage Consortium Roadmap 

This Roadmap recommends specific actions for the energy storage industry, policy-makers and stakeholders to take to ensure that New York’s electric grid and economy realize the enormous benefits of energy storage.

• Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association
• Minnesota Utility Investors
• Minnesota Rural Electric Association

• PlugInConnect
• Minnesota Electric Auto Association

• Regional Indicators Initiative
• Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTS)
• Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

Minnesota Environmental Quality Board

• Minnesota and Climate Change: Our Tomorrow Starts Today summarizes Minnesota’s progress on clean energy and the work yet to be done on climate change in an easy-to-read format.
• Climate Solutions and Economic Opportunities Initiative with the Environmental Initiative involves analyzing dozens of possible actions for greenhouse gas reduction potential and benefits to Minnesota economy. Minnesotans are invited to weigh in.

Department of Commerce, Energy

• Made in Minnesota Solar Incentive Program
• Minnesota Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission Study
• Utility-Managed On-Site Energy Storage in Minnesota 
  • The Minnesota Department of Commerce (Commerce) contracted with Strategen and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to investigate the potential costs and benefits of grid-connected electrical energy storage technology located at the utility customer in the State of Minnesota.

Department of Employment & Economic Development

• Clean Energy Economy Profile offers a comprehensive report on jobs and growth in five key clean energy sectors in Minnesota.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

• Climate Change in Minnesota
• Minnesota Greenstep Cities is a voluntary program helping cities become sustainability leaders.

Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Minnesota Public Utilities Commision

• Currently considering Xcel’s Integrated Resource Plan, Community Solar Gardens, Externalities, e21, Customer Energy Usage Data, and more. Search for key dockets or topics

Minnesota Legislative Energy Commission

• Scoping an Energy Future Study for Minnesota
  • Energy Future Framework Update (12/10/14)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Climate Change

U.S. Department of Energy

• Global Energy Storage Database provides free, up-to-date information on grid-connected energy storage projects and relevant state and federal policies.

Metropolitan Council

• Thrive MSP 2040: One Vision, One Metropolitan Region is a 30-year vision for the Twin Cities metropolitan region.

• Fresh Energy
• Center for Energy and Environment
• Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
• Great Plains Institute
  
  • The e21 initiative proposes new utility business models for the 21st century.
• Center for Earth Energy & Democracy
• Sierra Club
• Citizens League
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance
• IEEE

• Xcel Energy
• Centerpoint Energy
• Minnesota Power

• Minnesota Solar Energy Industry Association
• Minnesota Renewable Energy Society
• Midwest Renewable Energy Association
• Wind on the Wires
• Windustry