- Assist ERCOT staff and stakeholders to identify barriers to energy storage participation in the ERCOT energy and ancillary service markets;
- Participate in the stakeholder process and relevant committees in ERCOT to open ancillary and energy service markets to energy storage, recognize unique operational characteristics, and fairly compensate storage for the services and systems benefits it provides, and develop detailed protocols;
- Advise the PUC of Texas and state leadership regarding storage technologies and their benefits, as well as the barriers to commercial deployment at scale, and clarify the role of storage in the ERCOT market in terms of ownership and access to markets for various market participants through the PUCT;
- Advocate the adoption of measures to create a supportive legal and regulatory environment, and energy storage specific incentive program(s), in the next Texas legislative session;
- Help provide timely educational information to the vertically integrated utilities inside and outside ERCOT (approximately 150 municipal and cooperative utilities)
- Assist the workforce training agencies and institutions of the state to incorporate appropriate training on energy storage technologies, applications, and regulations in educational programming for audiences including technicians, contractors, engineers, facility managers and building owners, utility managers and systems operators.
