Sandia staff led and participated in the Regulation and Standards panel at the 2nd annual Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) National Consortium Workshop held at the IBEW Electrical Training Institute in Los Angeles, on September 11, 2024. This panel gave an overview of key codes and standards (C&S) covering energy storage safety and reliability, and highlighted C&S’s impact on the adoption and use of stationary energy storage including LDES. This panel was facilitated by Will McNamara, the Regulatory lead for Sandia’s ES R&D Program. The panelists were Chris Searles and Charlie Vartanian, both advisors to Sandia ES R&D program. Chris participates in the development of ES safety C&S including the NFPA 855 Standard for installation of BESS, and Charlie participates in the development of ES reliability standards including the IEEE 1547.9 Guide for ES interconnection to distribution systems.
More information on the National LDES Consortium is at, LDES National Consortium – Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia will be holding the 2025 ES Safety and Reliability Forum, which includes ES C&S, on April 15-18, 2025. More information on that event is at, 2025 Energy Storage Safety & Reliability Forum – DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program (sandia.gov)