Conference Program - Intersolar North America

2022 Educational Sessions

The combined Intersolar North America and Energy Storage North America 2022 Conference Program included sessions focused on distributed and utility-scale solar + energy storage topics.

Browse the full conference program on this page, and learn more about our 2022 speakers.

Pre-Conference Workshops

January 12

Day One

January 13

Day Two

January 14

Rudy Saporite

NABCEP Technical Training

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Bill Brooks

Energy Storage, PV and the NEC

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Bill Brooks

Sean White

Justine Sanchez

NFPA 855 and Fire Codes for ESS

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Justine Sanchez

Matt McDonnell

Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES): Due Diligence for Grid Planning & Product Development

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Marshall Brunson

NABCEP Certified Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for PV Systems

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Marshall Brunson

Brian Mehalic

Janice Lin

Think Beyond the Grid! How Green Hydrogen Will Open Vast New Market Opportunities for Solar: Fundamentals, Applications & the Evolution of Green Hydrogen Hubs

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Janice Lin

Joel Berger

State of the Evolving Market for Storage & Hybrid Projects

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Surya Panditi

Keynote: Grid Resilience in the Face of Extreme Weather Events

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Opening Remarks & Keynote

Surya Panditi

John Jung

Keynote: Enabling an Accelerating and Global Renewable Energy Transition

9:30 am-10:00 am

Keynote

John Jung

EXHIBIT HALL

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall

Russell Vare

Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) – Strategies for Widespread Dissemination

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Room 201

Erin Childs

Community Options for Storage: Creating Locally-Sourced Power For Peak Needs

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Room 203

Erin Childs

Aric Saunders

Josh Hotvet

Gabe Murtaugh

Lessons Learned From Storage Performance During Summer 2021

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Room 204

Gabe Murtaugh

Alex Morris

Dr. Feng Zhang

Automation & Digitalization in Solar O&M

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Room 202

Dr. Feng Zhang

Jacqueline DeRosa

Where will FERC Order 2222 Make an Impact for Storage?

1:15 pm-2:15 pm

Room 203

Sarah Kurtz

Successfully Modeling Grid-Scale Energy Storage in IRPs

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Room 204

Sarah Kurtz

Norm Richardson

Maria Roumpani

Charlie Coggeshall

Community Solar: Market Growth Opportunities & Models That Deliver Low-Income Development & Community Engagement

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Room 201

Charlie Coggeshall

Glenn Weinberg

Daniela Pangallo

Scyller Borglum

The Conservative Case for Clean Energy

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Room 202

Julian Spector

The Long and Short of It: Energy Storage for Days

2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Room 202

Sam Vanderhoof

PV After Installation – O&M, Failures, and Recycling

2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Room 201

Lindsay Gorrill

Building a Distributed and Equitable Energy Future

2:30 pm -3:30 pm

Room 204

Lindsay Gorrill

Adam Gerza

Matt McDonnell

Regulatory Sandboxes: Accelerating Utility Innovation

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Room 203

Matt McDonnell

Carla Peterman

KEYNOTE: Utility Leadership in Clean Energy: How Pacific Gas & Electric is Forging the Way

9:00 am-10:00 am

Keynote

Carla Peterman

EXHIBIT HALL

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tom Cheyney

Solar + Storage Microgrids: Applications for Electric Transit, Rural Utility Service Models, & Low-Income Community Resiliency

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Track: Storage – Customer-Sited / Distributed

Madeline Rose

The Green Hydrogen Port Opportunity: Decarbonization & Improving Community Health

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Track: Solar – Utility Scale

Madeline Rose

Scott Schoenfeld

Janice Lin

Battery Storage Fire Safety Roadmap

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Armando Solis

Steven Marsh

Justin Raade

Jenya Meydbray

De-risking mega-projects through data-driven solar and storage procurement, construction and operations

1:15 pm-2:15 pm

Jenya Meydbray

Brian Ballek

Harnessing the Potential of Energy Storage to Capture Value with Evolving Price Signals: NEM-3, Daily Demand Charges, Real Time Pricing

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Track 3 - Energy Storage – Customer-Sited / Distributed

Brian Ballek

Adam Gerza

Erin Childs

Energy Storage for Energy Justice

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Erin Childs

Arthur Sams

Solar Hybrid Systems incorporating Natural Gas or LPG for on and off grid applications

2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Arthur Sams

Michael Palmer

Understanding Insulation Resistance Testing (IRT) for PV Systems

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Track - Energy Storage – Utility Scale

Michael Palmer

Ryan Mayfield