ESS is increasingly viewed as a core grid asset in managing, grid congestion Renewable intermittency and Extreme weather events, yet market and planning frameworks lag reality. This panel will discuss:

• Why ESS is often undervalued in Integrated Resource Planning (IRPs)
• Storage vs gas: speed-to-market and system value
• How to model ESS as a capacity, flexibility, and congestion-relief asset
• Grid-forming inverters and advanced power electronics
• How ESS enables renewable integration and congestion relief
• On?site vs grid?connected storage economics