(2 hours, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) This session would provide a deeper dive into how state regulators can approach developing an energy storage policy framework and/or reflecting on the framework that is in place. Instructors: Will McNamara and Ted Ko

• Market Structures
• Market Segments: FTM-T, FTM-D, BTM
• Energy Storage Use Cases
• Policy Topics
• Policy advancement levels (“crawl, walk, run”) aka Policy Readiness Level (PRL)
• State of Your Market: What Use Cases are enabled + How advanced are the current policies (what’s the state’s PRL on this topic)

This tutorial will be presented at the IEEE PES Energy & Policy Forum, 23-26 March 2026 in Washington, D.C.