february, 2025
05feb12:00 pm5:00 pmUrban Energy Storage for NYC Buildings
Event Details
When: February 5th, 2025 @ 12:00pm - 5:00pm Followed by reception (5pm - 8pm) Where: WSP USA, ONE Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY Host Sponsor:
Event Details
When: February 5th, 2025 @ 12:00pm – 5:00pm Followed by reception (5pm – 8pm)
Where: WSP USA, ONE Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY
Host Sponsor: WSP | Reception Sponsor: ELM
About: Co-hosted by Advanced Energy Group (AEG) New York 24Q3 Grid Modernization Task Force, City University of New York (CUNY), New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST), the workshop aims to jumpstart development of Medium-sized urban energy storage (20-250kWh) by bringing together policymakers, regulators, industry representatives, and property managers to discuss how these systems can help NYC buildings save money while meeting decarbonization goals, and how stakeholders can collaborate to streamline permitting and unlock deployment.
Agenda:
12:00pm – 12:30pm: LUNCH
12:35pm – 12:45pm: NEW YORK STATE PERSPECTIVE ON URBAN ENERGY STORAGE
- David Sandbank, VP Distributed Energy Resources and Transportation, NYSERDA
12:45pm – 12:55pm: UTILITY PERSPECTIVE ON URBAN ENERGY STORAGE
- Sergio Rodriguez, Head of BESS, Con Edison
12:55pm – 1:15pm: ROLE OF URBAN ENERGY STORAGE IN MEETING NYC CLIMATE GOALS
- Lydia Weiner, Policy Advisor, Clean Energy Team, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
- Daniella Leifer, DG Ombudsman – Smart DGHub, Sustainable CUNY
1:15pm – 2:00pm: OPPORTUNITIES AND FINANCIAL RATIONALE FOR NYC BUILDINGS
- Gina Bocra, Vice President, Building Energy and Climate Solutions, WSP – Moderator
- Luke Surowiec, Director, Building Decarb, NYC Accelerator + ICF
- Chris DeWeaver, Northeast Regional Director, ELM
- Jon Williams, CEO, Viridi Parente
2:00pm – 2:45pm: NYC PERMITTING OVERVIEW FOR MEDIUM SYSTEMS
- Mamadou Wade, Assistant Deputy Director, Technology Management, NYC Fire Department
- Yash Patel, Assistant Chemical Engineer, Sustainability Unit, NYC Fire Department
- Alan Price, Director, Office of Technical Certification & Research, NYC Department of Buildings
- Steven Hong, Deputy Director, Office of Alternative Energy, NYC Department of Buildings
2:45pm – 3:00pm: BREAK
3:00pm – 3:45pm: Panel: OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE PERMITTING
- Jamin Bennett, VP Business Development, Sunkeeper Solar
- John Humphrey, Director of Energy Storage & New Technologies, Accord Power
- Nick Petrakis, Senior Consultant, ESRG
3:45pm – 4:45pm: ROUNDTABLE EXERCISE
Financing Working Group: What additional support needs to be put in place for property owners/managers to be able to finance an energy storage solution?
- Molly Rafelson, Program Director, Clean Fight
- Hal Corin, Head of Development, Viridi Parente
- Andrew Haser, Senior Associate, NYCEEC
- Kaitlin Butler, VP Business Development, Investment & Portfolio Management, NY Green Bank
Permitting Working Group: What hurdles need to be overcome to unlock permitting processes for Medium-sized energy storage systems?
- Jamin Bennett, VP Business Developm, Sunkeeper Solar
- John Humphrey, Director of Energy Storage & New Technologies, Accord Power
- Claudia Villar Leeman, Senior Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, NY-BEST
- Daniella Leifer, DG Ombudsman – Smart DGHub, Sustainable CUNY
- Matthew Kavanagh, Product Line Manager, ELM
- Jesse Petersen, Director, BESS, Catalyze
4:45pm – 5:00pm: REPORT OUT & CLOSING
5:00pm – 8:00pm: HAPPY HOUR + DINNER RECEPTION
Task Force Goal: Unlock energy storage for commercial and multifamily uses
To date most energy storage installed in NYC has been between 1-5MW. However, significant land use competition and a limitation in the number of vacant lots will make it challenging to meet long-term deployment goals with large energy storage systems alone. We will need significant quantities of smaller energy storage systems as well, better integrated into the urban landscape, particularly to support load management as we electrify. As LL97 drives up demand for building-integrated energy storage, and Zoning for Carbon Neutral allows more as-of-right systems, the time is ripe for NYC to unlock energy storage for commercial and multifamily uses.
This Task Force aims to host a half-day conference in February 2025 that brings together policymakers, AHJs, industry representatives, and property managers to both streamline permitting pathways and establish clear financial rationale for deployment, jumpstarting development in this market sector.
Time
(Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET
Location
WSP USA
ONE Pennsylvania Plaza