BESS & Beers: Battery Energy Storage in Ulster County

With over 4 large BESS projects introduced in Ulster County, join us to learn how they work, why they’re needed for grid reliability, and what they mean for our community.

Bring your questions! Presentations will be followed by an open discussion. A representative from NYSERDA will be present to help answer technical questions.

Agenda includes:

• Jeffrey Seidman, Vassar College: big picture, what is energy storage, national scale, global scale, local scale, what does it look like, local benefits 
• Paul Rogers, Co-Founder, Energy Safety Response Group, fire safety, new fire codes, etc.  
• NYCP mythbusting/trivia and ways to get involved in the siting process
• Q&A dialogue, Ian Latimer, Program Manager, Clean Energy Siting, NYSERDA, will be there to help answer questions