CICE staff attend, present at Ohio Energy Conference
Last week, the Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy team attended the Ohio Energy Conference to present and meet with chambers and business leaders across the state. Hosted by the Energy Coalition of Ohio , the OEC is the state's fastest growing energy education and networking event.
CICE’s director of public policy Emily Burlinghaus discussed challenges and opportunities for #energystorage companies on a panel alongside Kyle Shen, CEO & President of Nexceris; Roland Dixon, President of Special Power Sources; and moderator Rick Stockburger, President & CEO of BRITE Energy Innovators.
Emily highlighted federal tax credits (such as 48C and 48E) available to energy storage companies through the #InflationReductionAct, as well as state-level initiatives (procurement targets, grid firming requirements, clean peak standards, and compensation mechanisms like indexed storage credits and resource adequacy contracts).
The opportunity to deploy energy storage in Ohio offers utilities and grid operators new avenues to ensure reliability in light of a complex energy transition.
Some other notable themes from the conference:
Discussion of opportunities to overcome roadblocks to utility-scale solar in Ohio
Debate of potential improvements to grid data transparency to benefit ratepayers and manufacturers
Profiles of efforts to ensure that state and federal incentives serve environmental sustainability and equity goals
Highlighting of #innovation to promote and commercialize clean energy tech in Ohio
Repeated emphasis on workforce development to ensure both scalability and reliability of emerging clean energy tech
Along with Emily, recent additions to the CICE team Logan ONeill, IOM, OCED and Kelsey (Forren) Pepitone attended. Logan summed up the experience as eye-opening: “The amount of companies out there that are starting to pop up to address this evolving and growing industry is happening at such a rapid rate, there was a lot of discussion about not over-regulating, and the risk stifling the innovation and progress.”
Thanks to the Energy Coalition of Ohio for a great event.