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South Carolina Public Service Commission

Jun 12, 2020 | In the News

Surrebuttal Testimony of Ronald DiFelice on behalf of: South Carolina Solar Business Alliance

Friday, June 12^th 2020

ID# 292186

https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Web/Dockets/Detail/117350

Detail for 2019-393-E

Opened: Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Status: Open

Industry: Electric

Summary: Application of Dominion Energy South Carolina, Incorporated for Approval of “Storage Tariff” (Technology-Neutral Avoided Cost Rates for Energy and Capacity for Dispatchable Renewable Generating Facilities)

White Paper Michigan’s Low‐Cost Peak Program (LCPP)

Mar 6, 2020 | In the News

Fill out the form below to download the Michigan’s Low‐Cost Peak Program White Paper (PDF).

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Deploying more renewables now through an energy storage-centric Clean Peak Standard

Mar 11, 2019 | In the News

The following is a contributed article on Utility Dive by Ronald DiFelice, managing partner at Energy Intelligence Partners.

View the article on the Utility Drive website.

In many electric utility markets, policymakers are exploring the next generation of renewable energy policies that will deliver the most value given the new reality of low-cost solar PV, wind and energy storage. Policies that encourage energy storage to be paired with solar or wind generation can have an outsized impact because these grid assets can together deliver firm capacity into peak periods when customer costs are the highest. If implemented effectively, the results are lower costs for ratepayers, increased resiliency and reduced emissions.

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An Energy Storage-Centric Clean Peak Standard White Paper

Feb 27, 2019 | In the News

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NCSEA Board of Directors

Jan 24, 2019 | In the News

Ron DiFelice of EIP has been asked to join the NCSEA Board of Directors for 2019

The NC Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit advocacy organization that drives policy and market development to create clean energy jobs, economic opportunities and affordable energy. NCSEA has served as a respected, trusted and collaborative resource to North Carolina and beyond since 1978. Our goal is to cultivate a robust clean energy ecosystem that unifies and benefits all its stakeholders: consumers, businesses, the clean energy industry and utility energy providers.

Learn more about NCSEA

Speaking Engagements

Jan 24, 2019 | In the News, Speaking Events

Recent Talks

Public Service Commission of South Carolina Presenter – “Ex Parte Briefing Regarding Avoided Cost, Resource Planning and Energy Storage in an Era of Low-Cost Solar”. (Columbia, SC)
October 23, 2018
https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/954571/uiconf_id/29461131/entry_id/1_sia1chn5/embed/auto?
Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference Presenter – “Clean Resilience: Distributed Energy Systems Address Climate Change Cause and Effects”. (Columbia, SC)
October 30, 2018
https://www.cisa.sc.edu/ccrc/
Moderator at the State Energy Conference of North Carolina – “Storage Policy Opportunities and Barriers in North Carolina” ( Raleigh, NC) April 30, 2018
https://ncenergyconference.com/
UNC Clean Tech Summit Panelist – “Financing Energy Storage” panelist at the UNC Clean Tech Summit. (Chapel Hill, NC)
March 1, 2018
https://ie.unc.edu/2018-summit/
Smart Grid Talk – Transforming South Carolina’s Energy Grid (Greenville, SC)
November 28 , 2017
Energy Storage Talk – South Carolina Solar Council Fall Meeting (Columbia, SC)
December 6 , 2017
Energy Storage Panelist – 2017 UNC Cleantech Summit
March 2, 2017
http://ie.unc.edu/2017-summit/speakers/
Microgrid Panel Moderator – E4 Carolinas – Storage & Micro Grids (Concord, NC)
June 27, 2017
Energy Storage Talk – South Carolina Clean Business Association Energy Storage Roundtable – “Clean Energy Professionals Talk Energy Storage at Flex Columbia in West Columbia, S.C.”
June 14 , 2017
http://www.scceba.org/new-blog/2017/6/14/clean- energy-professionals-talk-energy-storage- at-flex-columbia-in- west-columbia-sc
Energy Technology Commercialization Talk – DOE ARPA-E Meeting (Denver, CO)
August 18, 2017
Energy Storage Talk – 2017 South Carolina Clean Energy Summit (Columbia, SC)
September 21, 2017
http://www.scceba.org/2017sccleanenergysummit
Microgrid Talk and Panel Moderator – Southeast Region Military Energy and Environmental Roundtable (Wilmington, NC)
October 24, 2017
http://www.ncmbc.us/southeast-region-military-energy-and-environmental-roundtable/