Staff Workshop to Summarize the Solar + Storage Modeling Tool

California Energy Commission (CEC) staff, in consultation with Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3), will present and summarize the Solar + Storage Modeling Tool developed by E3 under Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) agreement EPC-17-004, “Enhanced Modeling Tools to Maximize Solar + Storage Benefits”. The Solar + Storage Modeling Tool evaluates the benefit of solar, storage, and other distributed energy resources (DERs), and estimates the value proposition of the integrated systems based on their expected optimal operations, location on the grid, market prices, and other characteristics. This is the final of three workshops on the Solar + Storage Modeling Tool.

Agenda

The workshop will summarize the Solar + Storage Modeling Tool, discuss the changes and improvements to the tool since the initial public release, review case studies in which the tool was used to assesses the cost effectiveness of photovoltaic (PV), storage, and other DER technologies, and discuss recommendations and next steps.

Staff is seeking input on:

1. What additional features or capabilities would you like to see added that would be most beneficial to you?
2. Have you used or do you plan on using this tool to assess the cost effectiveness of PV, storage, and other DER technologies? If so, what is the use case?
3. What are your recommendations on how this tool can be improved?

The primary audience for this workshop includes representatives that are focused on DER project development evaluation, including utilities, project developers, DER vendors, and policy makers.

Public Comment

Oral comments: Staff will accept oral comments during the workshop. Comments may be limited to three minutes per speaker and one speaker per organization. Any comments may become part of the public record for this proceeding.
Written comments: Written comments must be submitted to the Docket Unit by 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2019. Written comments will also be accepted at the workshop; however, the Energy Commission may not have time to review them before the conclusion of the meeting.

Written and oral comments, attachments, and associated contact information (e.g. address, phone number, email address) become part of the viewable public record. This information may also become available via any Internet search engine.

The Energy Commission encourages use of its electronic commenting system. Visit https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Ecomment/Ecomment.aspx?docketnumber=19-MI…, which links to the comment page for this docket. Select or enter a proceeding to be taken to the “Add Comment” page. Enter your contact information and a comment title describing the subject of your comment(s). Comments may be included in the “Comment Text” box or attached in a downloadable, searchable Microsoft® Word (.doc, .docx) or Adobe® Acrobat® (.pdf) file. Maximum file size is 10 MB.

Written comments may also be submitted by email. Include the docket number 19-MISC-04 and Modeling Tool to Maximize Solar + Storage in the subject line and send to docket@energy.ca.gov.