The Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Energy Storage Coaliation (ESC) will be holding an important energy storage conference at the Portland Convention Center on October 8, 2012.  ESC has worked with the Oregon and Washington public utility commissions to bring together a diverse mix of developers, utilities and regulators to share their perspectives on opportunities and barriers to deploying energy storage in the Pacific Northwest.  You can find the draft agenda for the event here and register for the conference here.

Following the PNWER event, Pivotal Leaders will hold an Energy Storage Panel from 4-6 PM at the Portland offices of Perkins Coie, 1120 NW Couch Avenue, 10th Floor.  I will be joinging the panel with Dave Curry of Demand Energy, Praveen Kathpal of AES Corporation, and Lee Kosla of SAFT .  Guests are welcome, but an RSVP is required.  Contact ashley@pivotal-leaders.com.  I hope to see you at both of these events.

For those interested in energy storage, I regularly follow the topic on Twitter, @BillHolmesStoel.  The PNWER Energy Storage Coalition can also be found on Twitter, @PNWERESC.  Finally, www.stationarystoragenews.com is an excellent energy storage news aggregator that offers daily news and a weekly newsletter on the topic.