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NARUC Winter Policy Summit 2025 was all that it was billed up to be and more. Were you there? With an estimated 2,000+ attendees, I had the opportunity to connect with Commissioners, Commissioner Emeritus, current co-workers, former colleagues, and battery energy storage cohorts. The utility industry is at an inflection point—need to maintain reliability, while doing it affordably, and staying on the cutting edge deploying technological innovation. Whether the session centered around the benefits and need for timely deployment of #batteryenergystorage to meet load growth, the opportunities presented by enabling AI and how the transmission system planning process should account for co-located loads, implications of recent market redesigns, and what the electric, natural gas, water, and telecommunications industries can glean from recent Trump administration policy pronouncements, there was something for everyone. If we didn’t connect this week, I look forward to our next opportunity. However, in the meantime, whether it be an upcoming FERC docket, state proceeding, industry trade article, or industry forum, I’m sure you’ll be seeing #ElevateRenewables regulatory thoughts and perspectives on the multitude of #reliability, #resourceadequacy, grid supporting, environmental, and community benefits #batterystorage provides. Additionally, battery energy storage #colocated on existing generating sites leads to reuse and redevelopment of #brownfields, full utilization of existing transmission rights and infrastructure, reduced emissions, retention of jobs and creation of new ones, as well as mitigation of costs for local ratepayers by adding new #dispatchable supply resources to fill capacity needs resulting from a deactivating or underutilized generating plant. So much to continue to talk about… Safe travels. #ELEVATERENEWABLES #NARUCWINTER25 #batterystorage #batteryenergystorage #energystorage #batteriesneedednow #reliability #affordability #resiliency #storageisdispatchable

SEIA: U.S. ‘Needs More Storage’ to Ensure Grid Reliability, Resilience “Elevate supports SEIA’s goal of deploying 700 GWh of installed battery storage capacity by 2030, with a strong focus on expanding large, grid-scale storage projects to meet state and national reliability objectives,” says Tonja Wicks, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Elevate Renewables. "We agree with SEIA’s conclusion that energy storage is one of the key solutions to enhancing our national security and strengthening electric system resilience. Beyond firming intermittent resources, battery storage provides critical grid services such as managing power flows, maintaining voltage stability, supplying backup power, and offering black start capabilities by energizing transmission lines and restoring power plants after system disruptive events. Additionally, battery storage is among the most cost-efficient resources, often reducing the need for expensive transmission and distribution upgrades while delivering significant customer savings." Wicks states, “Interconnection queues across the U.S. are increasingly dominated by storage and renewable resources. Elevate is encouraged by RTOs like PJM, which are adopting accelerated, technology-agnostic interconnection processes that make energy storage eligible for fast-track approval, helping bring these critical resources online more quickly to meet national energy needs. To support this transition, RTO market rules must continue evolving to reflect the growing reliance on energy storage for maintaining reliability and resource adequacy. These rules should fairly value and compensate storage for the full range of services it provides, many of which were traditionally performed by thermal generation.” https://lnkd.in/gmVpRPY9 #elevaterenewables??#batteriesneedednow?#energystorage?#batterystorage #generationreplacement #CIRTransfer #SEIA

We are hiring for a crucial role within the organization - the role of VP, M&A. This role will report to our CEO Joshua Rogol. Please send your resume, deal sheet and cover letter to HR@elevaterenewables.com https://lnkd.in/eBzyTY-Q

We are hiring for a crucial role within the organization - the role of VP, M&A. This role will report to our CEO Joshua Rogol. Please send your resume, deal sheet and cover letter to HR@elevaterenewables.com https://lnkd.in/eBzyTY-Q

We are pleased to welcome Joshua Rogol as CEO of ArcLight portfolio company Elevate Renewables Energy. ? Joshua and the Elevate team will look to build on the company’s prior success, existing significant battery development portfolio, and ArcLight’s deep power expertise to pursue brownfield and data center-related battery development opportunities. ? Click the link below to read the full announcement. ? https://lnkd.in/gAyp8MyT. ? #infrastructure #batterystorage #renewables #electrification ?

I was invited to sit down with Kaitlin Gebby of New Project Media (NPM) for an exciting podcast session focused on my perspective on PJM’s fast track interconnection initiatives to address projected resource shortfalls and, more broadly, the future of the energy industry as a new Administration is poised to take office on January 20th. It’s an exciting time to lead the government affairs activities, as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, for one of the premier battery storage developer-owner-operators, #ElevateRenewables. And, as a long time regional and federal policy practitioner, it was amazing to share my insights on the future of PJM’s efforts to enhance reliability and resource adequacy by adopting fast track interconnection processes for existing generators, e.g., enhancements to CIR Transfers (generator replacement) and Surplus Interconnection Service. As the PJM region, like many others, face increased customer demand for electricity, rapid generation plant retirements, the proliferation of data centers and AI, and a changing resource mix, we need new solutions to address the confluence of these new issues. Not to be eclipsed, the federal landscape offers its own intrigue as we usher in another changing of the guard in Washington DC— of which I have seen a few. I offered my thoughts—as everyone has—on what the energy industry could expect over the next four years under a second President Trump term. What an exciting time to be in the #batterystorage space and the energy industry as a whole. Check out the link to the podcast (https://lnkd.in/eSwj5EiV) #elevaterenewables #batterystorage #energystorage #energystorageneedednow #alloftheabove #reliability #resourceadequacy #tonjawicks

It truly takes a village or, in the case of PJM, a coalition of stakeholders to move the needle and affect change in policies to speedily get as many megawatts on the PJM system during this era of rapid deactivations, increased electric demand, and reliability and resource adequacy uncertainty. It was such a pleasure working with Denise Foster Cronin of EKPC, the great staff at PJM, and the multitude of PJM members to achieve a sweeping favorable vote at the 11/21 MRC and MC on the CIR Transfer Efficiency Initiative. Customers, communities and businesses in the PJM region are the focus and the real winners here….

Tonja Wicks, MBA, MPP and our regulatory team doing some amazing work out there alongside #PJM stakeholders in helping to bring critical infrastructure to address load growth.