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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

10am PT | 12pm CT | 1pm ET

Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) is on a mission to leverage clean energy to reduce costs and provide affordable, reliable services to customers across Arizona, California, and Nevada. As a not-for-profit organization, AEPCO turned to battery energy storage and Stem to enable this mission and as part of the greater transition to a clean energy future.   

Battery energy storage technology plays a crucial role for electric cooperatives as it is a very flexible asset that can not only be used to reduce cost during high peak times but also help to stabilize the grid as well as improve overall reliability, frequency regulation, voltage support, and fast response for participating in ancillary services. The timing for battery energy storage is right as funding opportunities such as the Inflation Reduction Act’s Direct Pay option, Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program, and New Empowering Rural America (ERA) funding as well as the Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program.  

We invite you to join our energy experts as they discuss the blend of renewable and non-renewable energy that feeds the grid and what co-ops – like AEPCO – are successfully doing to integrate and fund more solar and storage to ultimately help their members lower electricity costs, increase energy savings, and improve reliability.   

Chris Jimenez, Director of Energy Services & Project Development at AEPCO will provide insights into their strategy and clean energy journey, covering:  

  • AEPCO’s clean energy mission and goals  
  • Leveraging battery energy storage & storage to manage customer needs  
  • Funding opportunities like Direct Pay, PACE, New ERA, and GRIP  
  • Battery energy storage use cases for co-ops and their members  

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Jake Berlin, Vice President Integrated Storage Solutions at Stem
Jake is responsible for leading Stem's product and go-to-market strategy and execution for utility-scale storage and solar projects. He has a long history in clean energy, including roles with NYSERDA, ICF, Rethink Energy, the New York Power Authority, and Willdan Energy Solutions. He has been a consultant, an entrepreneur, a policymaker, and a solutions developer, and also teaches an MBA class on the clean energy transition at the NYU Stern School of Business.
 

 

Chris Jimenez, Director Energy Services & Project Development at AEPCO
As the Arizona G&T Cooperatives’ director of energy services team, Chris is responsible for delivering a variety of services to AZGT members, including energy management, fuel management, wholesale trading, energy billing, environmental allowances, forecasting, financial evaluations, data analytics, statistical modeling, resource planning, asset acquisition, resource development, and market implementation. Previously, he was with the ACES (a nationwide energy management company) West Regional Trading Center (WRTC), located on AZGT’s Benson campus serving as the executive director of portfolio management.