Renewable Energy Storage: Drafting Contracts for Project Implementation, Navigating Co-Location Challenges, Mitigating Risks

This CLE course will guide energy counsel on the legal issues involved in the implementation of energy storage projects. The panel will discuss the markets, regulatory landscape, and legal challenges for energy storage, including obstacles that may arise when co-locating battery projects with wind and solar, and provide tips on how to draft and negotiate contracts for the implementation of such projects.

Solar and wind power are now significant players in the electricity industry, but these projects are not without challenges on the electric grid. Energy storage is a solution to address these issues, increasingly important to project development and grid operations.

With increased focus on energy storage systems, some states have adopted mandates and incentives for rapid deployment. Energy storage impacts multiple markets, each with different characteristics, different regulatory uncertainty, different cost-benefit analyses, and evolving tax incentives. More than ever, projects require close attention to evolving federal, state, and local requirements related to interconnection, permitting, and project safety.

Counsel must understand the different ways that energy storage works, how storage is regulated and deployed, and the legal risks and challenges for projects. What issues should attorneys be watching out for in developing these projects and negotiating contracts for their implementation? What makes battery projects different from wind and solar projects, including newer co-located configurations?

Listen as our authoritative panel of energy attorneys examines energy storage, how it is implemented in the U.S., and how contracts for these projects work. The panel will discuss the risks and legal challenges involved with energy storage and will offer guidance on overcoming those challenges.