DER in ISO/RTO Markets: Understanding FERC's Recent Orders
As the DER industry works to figure out how to best incorporate energy storage into their solutions, recent FERC orders may impact the opportunities companies pursue. Contrary to most FERC orders, the Electric Storage Participation in Markets Operated by RTOs and ISOs (Order 841) reaches all the way down to include behind the meter energy storage. This talk will help participants understand what is included in Order 841, how the ISO/RTOs are working to implement it, and the implications on potential future business models for DERs.
Speaker
Kerinia Cusick
Board President
Center for Renewables Integration
Kerinia co-founded Center for Renewables Integration (CRI), Inc. in 2017. CRI primarily works at the state level, advising and helping to develop policies to enable a high percentage of variable, renewable generation to connect to the electricity grid, without impacting reliability, and while maintaining a focus on cost. As part of this effort, CRI works extensively on issues relating to energy storage, compensation of distributed energy resources, procurement of clean electricity, and smart inverters. Additionally, CRI has been a leading company on the issue of using energy storage as a transmission asset, teaming up with a former FERC Chairman to perform a deep dive analysis of FERC regulations. In addition to her role at CRI, Kerinia provides go-to-market consulting to companies entering the renewable energy market, as well as renewable energy firms looking to grow. Prior to CRI, Kerinia was at SunEdison for approximately 8 years. In that time, she led energy storage commercialization and financeability, and ran the company's national Government Affairs team. Kerinia is also an ex-aerospace engineer and holds degrees from University of Southern California and Drexel University.
As the DER industry works to figure out how to best incorporate energy storage into their solutions, recent FERC orders may impact the opportunities companies pursue. Contrary to most FERC orders, the Electric Storage Participation in Markets Operated by RTOs and ISOs (Order 841) reaches all the way down to include behind the meter energy storage. This talk will help participants understand what is included in Order 841, how the ISO/RTOs are working to implement it, and the implications on potential future business models for DERs.
Speaker
Board President
Center for Renewables Integration
Kerinia co-founded Center for Renewables Integration (CRI), Inc. in 2017. CRI primarily works at the state level, advising and helping to develop policies to enable a high percentage of variable, renewable generation to connect to the electricity grid, without impacting reliability, and while maintaining a focus on cost. As part of this effort, CRI works extensively on issues relating to energy storage, compensation of distributed energy resources, procurement of clean electricity, and smart inverters. Additionally, CRI has been a leading company on the issue of using energy storage as a transmission asset, teaming up with a former FERC Chairman to perform a deep dive analysis of FERC regulations. In addition to her role at CRI, Kerinia provides go-to-market consulting to companies entering the renewable energy market, as well as renewable energy firms looking to grow. Prior to CRI, Kerinia was at SunEdison for approximately 8 years. In that time, she led energy storage commercialization and financeability, and ran the company's national Government Affairs team. Kerinia is also an ex-aerospace engineer and holds degrees from University of Southern California and Drexel University.