Energy Storage Permitting Guidebook
Energy storage systems can offer relief to an overburdened utility grid and provide users with lower energy costs and backup power in an outage, but installing these behind-the-meter (BTM) energy resources can be challenging due to lack of uniform local permitting and approval processes. To address this obstacle, the California Energy Commission funded the development of an Energy Storage Permitting Guidebook (Guidebook) to help California local governments to adopt standardized, streamlined procedures to expedite installations across the state.
CSE’s Demetra Tzamaras, a Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Senior Manager who manages the Storage Guidebook project, will deliver a webinar to provide findings and best practices uncovered during the development of the Guidebook. This webinar will provide CalSEED participants with tools to navigate the energy storage permitting process and strategies to improve their coordination with authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs). It will also provide insight to the trainings available for navigating code compliance and fire safety with respect to energy storage systems.
About the Featured Speaker:
Demetra (Dema) Tzamaras is a licensed civil engineer (CA C90123) with over 8 years of experience in consulting, project management, and clean energy program design. At CSE, Dema supports a variety of DER demonstration and evaluation projects and incentive programs. She currently manages a million-dollar California Energy Commission (CEC) Energy Program Investment Charge (EPIC) grant project to develop a California Energy Storage Permitting Guidebook. Through this effort, Dema has worked closely with energy storage industry stakeholders, including Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), energy storage installers, and codes and standards organizations to gather best practices in efficient energy storage permitting.
To learn more about this webinar and the webinar series, visit https://calseed.fund/cse-webinars/