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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Erin Childs of Strategen has graciously agreed to meet with us about CESA’s new study “Long Duration Energy Storage for California’s Clean, Reliable Grid” which you may find at:<o:p><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.storagealliance.org%2Flongduration&data=04%7C01%7Cechilds%40strategen.com%7Ce38a52bede9045666b6608d89d7588bb%7C5776570c455d4878b13c39bf8e74aff3%7C0%7C0%7C637432475425137763%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9h4WhmssYMxBCLigOxPSNbXGNFNWd0FTH7Xw3hQgI78%3D&reserved=0">https://www.storagealliance.org/longduration</a><o:p><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This study is obviously very relevant to our study of long-duration storage. Key conclusions include:<o:p><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'effra',serif;color:#1B2A31">California needs 45-55 gigawatts of long duration energy storage by 2045 to hit climate targets and maintain clean, reliable electricity.</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'effra',serif;color:#1B2A31"><o:p><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'effra',serif;color:#1B2A31"> New research finds California alone will need to increase its long duration energy storage capacity deploying 2-11
GW by 2030, and 45-55 GW by 2045.</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'effra',serif;color:#1B2A31"><o:p><br>
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