HubsACORE’s 2019 Renewable Energy Grid Forum
Baker Botts is sponsoring ACORE’s 2019 Renewable Energy Grid Forum on October 17, 2019 in San Francisco.
ACORE’s 2019 Renewable Energy Grid Forum will confront the business opportunities, policy and regulatory issues, and technology challenges associated with integrating high-penetration renewable electricity on the grid. Uniting dealmakers, policymakers, and systems experts, the forum will advance efforts for a modernized grid that values flexibility, reliability and resilience.
Baker Botts partner, Chris Carr will moderate "Peaking Power: Can Renewables and Storage Replace Inefficient Peakers?"
Grid experts will debate the effectiveness of deploying renewable energy, storage, hybrid systems and DER to replace costly fossil fueled peaker plants and provide capacity services.
- Options in wholesale markets vs. vertically integrated utility regions
- Economic competitiveness with the conventional options
- Case studies on the successful deployment of such systems