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Bringing Long Duration Energy Storage into Focus for 2026, Part Two

Market Mechanisms for LDES Investment

“LDES has been slow to gain market traction and is still seen as a relatively high-risk investment. Significant barriers to capital investment in LDES technologies remain, hence the persistence of high-cost curves and lagging commercialization.”

Byline:

Noah Podolefsky and Molly Podolefsky

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A Technology-Based Solution to the Technology-Based Growth Challenge

Improving Energy Storage Resources Modeling

“In this article we examine how improved energy storage resources modeling can help planners address load growth while making fuller use of existing storage in resource-adequacy planning.”

Byline:

Charles Yeung, Todd Strauss, and David Owens

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Preparation, Not Prediction: What Recent Threat Activity Means for Electric Utilities

Dragos

“For utility leaders, cyber risk is increasingly intertwined with how we operate, manage, and restore the grid. This evolution has implications for how utilities should think about preparedness, resilience, and leadership.”

Byline:

Kristine Marz

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State Utility Regulation: Jeremy McDiarmid

Massachusetts DPU

“We want to make sure we’re extracting as much value out of the existing system as possible, so we expect to open a docket on time-varying rates for electric customers. We’re also looking at flexible interconnection.”

Byline:

Jeremy McDiarmid with Paul Kjellander

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State Utility Regulation: Kumar Barve

Maryland PSC

“The big concern in PJM is that Maryland is a relatively small state. We can have strict regulations that are pro-consumer. But if an adjoining state decides to negotiate badly, those embedded costs could end up in the grid, and we end up paying for it.”

Byline:

Kumar Barve with Paul Kjellander

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State Utility Regulation: Gabriella Passidomo Smith

Florida PSC

“When the PSC looks at large load customers, we want to ensure they pay their fair share, existing customers are protected from subsidizing speculative demand, and system reliability and transmission readiness are maintained.”

Byline:

Gabriella Passidomo Smith with Paul Kjellander

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What's Ahead With Commission Chairs

The States

Conversations with Florida Chair Gabriella Passidomo Smith, Maryland Chair Kumar Barve, and Massachusetts Chair Jeremy McDiarmid with PUF Senior Advisor Paul Kjellander.

Byline:

PUF

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WCPSC: Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners

NARUC Events

“NARUC President Ann Rendahl and others have spent a lot of time trying to get Commissioners across the country to realize that wildfire isn’t just a Western issue. We focus on wildfire in the West and trying to elevate that conversation across the country has been frustrating.”

Byline:

Patrick O’Connell with Paul Kjellander

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SEARUC: Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

NARUC Events

“NARUC President Ann Rendahl and others have spent a lot of time trying to get Commissioners across the country to realize that wildfire isn’t just a Western issue. We focus on wildfire in the West and trying to elevate that conversation across the country has been frustrating.”

Byline:

Chris Brown with Paul Kjellander

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NECPUC: New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners

NARUC Events

“New England is a high-cost region with aging infrastructure. Costs are going up and demand is not growing as fast as had originally been anticipated from beneficial electrification.”

Byline:

Phil Bartlett with Paul Kjellander

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