Delegate-Chosen Roundtables
Small-group discussions on topics voted during online registration. Candidates include: end-of-life planning (decommissioning, reuse, recycling); asset acquisition and change-of-hands due diligence; third-party versus in-house operations; workforce development and attracting talent from adjacent industries; and practical AI applications in day-to-day operations. Votes cast at registration shape which topics run.
Reserved Sponsorship Presentation
Interconnection, Grid Access, and the Bottlenecks That Won’t Go Away
How interconnection timelines, costs, and reform efforts are reshaping BESS economics
Reserved Sponsorship Presentation
The Long View: Resource Adequacy, LDES, and Where Revenue Comes From in 2030
Howthe market evolves as supply grows, demand shifts, and new storage technologies emerge.
Cycling, Degradation, and the 20-Year Asset: What the Data Actually Shows Separating OEM Promises From Field Reality
KPIs, Benchmarking, and a Call for Industry Standards
A proposal for the metrics the industry should agree on before the lack of standardisation becomes a systemic problem.
Safety, Regulation, and the Push for Federal Standardization
The regulatory patchwork facing BESS operators and the industry’s campaign for a national baseline that doesn’t punish emerging markets.
The Software Stack – EMS, Scada, Analytics, and Who Does What
How asset owners are building their data and control infrastructure, and where the gaps are.

