PROGRAM OVERVIEWSeptember 15, 2017 Minneapolis, MN

MIDWEST ENERGY STORAGE SUMMIT AGENDACoffman Memorial Union Theater, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota | September 15, 2017

7:30-8:00 am Registration

8:00-8:30 am

Welcome & Overview• Dr. Jessica Hellmann, Director, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota

• Ellen Anderson, Director, Energy Transition Lab, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota

8:30-9:00 amThe Midwest, MISO, and Energy Storage

Keynote: Clair Moeller, Executive Vice President, Operations, MISOIntroduction: Ellen Anderson, Director, Energy Transition Lab

9:00-9:40 am

Energy Storage from the Regulator Perspective• Ted Thomas, Chair, Arkansas Public Service Commission and Vice President, Organization of MISO States

• Nancy Lange, Chair, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Chair, Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment, NARUC; Chair, Midcontinent States Environment and Energy Regulators

• Moderator: Alexandra Klass, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota Law School, IonE Fellow

9:40-10:10 amEnergy Storage: A Critical Hub for the Clean Energy Ecosystem

Keynote: Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO, Energy Storage Association• Moderator: Phyllis Reha, PAR Energy Solutions

10:10-10:25 am Morning Networking Break

10:25-11:20 am

State Policies on Energy Storage• Brett Simon, Energy Storage Analyst, GTM Research

• Dr. David Kolata, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board, Illinois

• Bill Grant, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Energy Resources, Minnesota Department of Commerce

• Moderator: Bradley Klein, Senior Attorney, Environmental Law & Policy Center

11:20 am-12:10 pm

Keynote & Utility Executive Dialogue • Keynote: Mary Powell, President & CEO, Green Mountain Power• Special Guest: Chris Clark, President, Xcel Energy—Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota• Moderator: Ellen Anderson, Director, Energy Transition Lab

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12:10-1:00 pm Lunch Break

1:00-2:00 pm

Energy Storage Research Keynote & Panel Discussion • Keynote: Dr. George Crabtree, Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory• Ellen Anderson, Director, Energy Transition Lab, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota• Ed Burgess, Senior Manager, Strategen Consulting• Dr. Christopher Clack, CEO, Vibrant Clean Energy• Moderator: Dr. Eray Aydil, Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Professor, College of Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota, IonE Fellow

2:00-3:00 pm

Implementation Keynote & Panel: Energy Storage Projects that Pay for Themselves• Keynote: Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy• Sarah Van Cleve, Energy Policy Advisor, Tesla• Lin Franks, Senior Strategist, RTO, FERC & Compliance Initiatives, Indianapolis Power & Light• Moderator: Ken Smith, President & CEO, Ever-Green Energy/District Energy St. Paul

3:00-3:15 pm Afternoon Networking Break

3:15-4:00 pm

Wrap-up Discussion: Bringing It All Together• Dr. George Crabtree, Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory• Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy• Lissa Pawlisch, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) Director for the University of Minnesota Extension’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships• Beth Soholt, Executive Director, Wind on the Wires• Moderator: Dr. Jessica Hellmann, Director, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota

4:00-6:00 pmReception - Refreshments

Campus Club, 4th floor, Coffman Memorial Union

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CLAIR MOELLER Executive Vice President, Operations, MISO

As an executive leader of the office of the Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Moeller is responsible for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)’s transmission planning functions and transmission services. He is a well-respected industry expert with more than 25 years of experience in the operation of power systems in the Upper Midwest. His current focus is infrastructure planning in collaboration with the utilities that serve the 15 states and one Canadian province that comprise the MISO region. Mr. Moeller completed the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership course at Oxford Said Business School, the Executive Management program at the Carlson School of Business, University of Minnesota, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University.

MARY POWELL President and CEO, Green Mountain Power

Mary Powell has served as president and chief executive officer for Green Mountain Power since 2008 and since received numerous awards for her visionary work. Under Mary’s leadership, GMP became the first utility in the world to become a certified B Corp, showing a commitment to use energy as a force for good. Her ambitious energy vision to provide low-carbon, low-cost and highly reliable power to Vermonters resulted in GMP becoming the first utility to help customers go off-grid. Under Mary’s leadership in 2015, GMP partnered with Tesla and became the first utility anywhere to offer customers the Powerwall battery.

KELLY SPEAKES-BACKMAN CEO, Energy Storage Association

Kelly Speakes-Backman is the first Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Storage Association (ESA), the national trade organization for the energy storage industry. Prior to joining ESA, Kelly was part of the executive team at Alliance to Save Energy, a premier trade association representing the energy efficiency sector. Kelly has spent more than 20 years working in energy and energy efficiency, sustainability, renewables, and environmental business strategies and has a wide range of direct experience with renewable end energy efficiency technology. Her experience also includes public service as Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission, and Clean Energy Director, Maryland Energy Administration, where she led implementation of Maryland’s renewable energy goal of 20 percent by 2022. Kelly earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

For a full list of all speakers, their bios and a video recap of the event, please visit energytransition.umn.edu.

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CHRIS CLARK President, Xcel Energy—Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota

Chris Clark is president of Xcel Energy—Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Xcel is an industry leader in providing renewable energy and delivers energy to customers in eight Western and Midwestern States. Clark is responsible for the strategic plan and financial results of the company as well as customer, community, regulatory, legislative and governmental relationships in all three states. Previously he was regional vice president, Rates and Regulatory Affairs. Clark joined Xcel Energy in the legal department in 1999 and has more than 20 years of experience in energy and regulation. He serves on the board of directors for the nonprofit organization People Serving People and is also on the board of directors of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Clark is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Drake Law School.

IMRE GYUK Director of Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy

For the past 12 years Dr. Gyuk has directed the Electrical Energy Storage research program in the Office of Electricity at the US Department of Energy, developing a wide portfolio of storage technologies for a broad spectrum of applications. He supervised the $185M ARRA stimulus funding for Grid Scale Energy Storage Demonstrations and is now partnering with the states on storage projects for grid resilience. His work has led to 10 R&D 100 awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award. He is internationally recognized as a leader in the energy storage field. Dr. Gyuk has studied or worked at a number of universities, including Fordham University, Brown University, Syracuse University, the University of Wisconsin and Kuwait University, and has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Purdue University.

GEORGE CRABTREE Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory

Dr. George Crabtree is Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage (JCESR) at Argonne National Laboratory and Professor of Physics, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). He has wide experience in next-generation battery technology and integrating energy science, technology, policy and societal decision-making. Dr. Crabtree has published more than 400 papers in leading scientific journals, collected more than 15,000 career citations, and has given more than 100 invited talks at national and international scientific conferences. He has led workshops for the Department of Energy on energy science and technology, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has testified before the U.S. Congress.

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Locations of major storage projects deployed in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, 1973-2017. Each point’s area represents the individual project’s capacity (all projects except the Ludington Pumped Hydro Storage Plant are to scale; the Ludington Plant has a capacity of 1,872 M¬W). Colors reference the energy storage technology deployed. Source: DOE Global Energy Storage Database, Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability, 2017.

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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT ENERGY TRANSITION LAB

The Energy Transition Lab (ETL) is a strategic initiative of the University’s Institute on the Environment (environment.umn.edu) in partnership with the Law School. The mission of the Energy Transition Lab is to leverage the expertise of the University of Minnesota to work in

collaboration with leaders in the public, private, nonprofit and community sectors in transitioning our energy system to the future. We help to develop new energy policy pathways, institutions and regulations, and create a focal point for innovative solutions. The Energy Transition Lab

convenes a stakeholder group, the Minnesota Energy Storage Alliance, and has provided thought leadership on energy storage in Minnesota since 2015.

See ETL’s recent report, Modernizing Minnesota’s Grid: An Economic Analysis

of Energy Storage Opportunities, at energytransition.umn.edu.

ELLEN ANDERSON Director, Energy Transition Lab

Ellen has a long track record of energy policy leadership in Minnesota, having served for 18 years as State Senator and authored or co-authored many of Minnesota’s leading energy laws, including the Renewable Energy Standard and Next Generation Energy Act. She also served as Chair of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Senior Energy & Environment Advisor to Governor Mark Dayton. She has received numerous awards for her work. She is a graduate cum laude of the University of Minnesota Law School and Carleton College.

BARB JACOBS Project Manager, Energy Transition Lab

At the Energy Transition Lab, Barb focuses on energy storage among a number of other topics. Barb previously served as Committee Administrator for the Minnesota Senate’s Environment and Energy Policy and Finance Committee, where she helped draft and pass dozens of bills to further Minnesota’s legacy of natural resource stewardship and clean energy leadership. Barb has a BA in English and Arts History from the University of Minnesota and is currently seeking a Masters in Public Affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

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Other key members of the ETL team who assisted greatly with the Midwest Energy Storage Summit:

Megan Butler, Graduate Research Assistant;Eric Jensen, Consultant, Solar By Us;Max Foster, Intern, Carleton College;

David McKinley, Intern, Carleton College

Key people at the Institute on the Environment

provided invaluable help:

Jan Gerstenberger, April Snyder,Kimberly Long, Julie Hanus,

Sean Quinn, Jessica Hellmann,Lewis Gilbert

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

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