Events for CESA Members
CESA holds events throughout the year to highlight its members and create networking, business development, policy engagement, and educational opportunities. CESA membership includes access to our annual Market Development Forum, our annual Lobby Day in Sacramento, and select events throughout the year.
Upcoming Events
Save the Date for the 15th Annual Market Development Forum on October 22-23, 2024, at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA! Engage in insightful sessions and collaborative opportunities driving energy storage innovation. Stay tuned for more details, and mark your calendars for this premier event in the energy industry!
Past Events
Mark your calendars for the 2024 CESA Business Development Forum, taking place on April 10, 2024, at The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento, CA!
We're thrilled to share the highlights from our 14th Annual Market Development Forum (MDF)! For those unable to attend, here's a glimpse into what made this event extraordinary.
This year, CESA’s Business Development Forum will be hosted in Napa, CA. Open to everyone, including non-members, this one-day in-person event gathers stakeholders in the energy storage ecosystem to focus on top energy storage solutions serving grid resiliency.
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The Market Development Forum is an invite-only gathering of the energy storage ecosystem, including regulators, utilities, and CESA members, focused on how energy storage will support California's 2030 decarbonization and grid reliability goals. This event is for CESA members and special invited guests only. Register through the CESA Member Portal.
Join us to build relationships with top leaders from across the energy storage value chain and unlock business development opportunities for 2022! Plus, try wines handcrafted in Berkeley from from organic and biodynamically farmed vineyards throughout California.
For more details and ticketing, visit our event webpage. Space is limited - reserve your spot today!
The annual Members Meeting provides an opportunity for CESA members to review and inform CESA 2021 advocacy and policy priorities and hear from California CCAs on their energy storage procurement plans.
The Market Development Forum (MDF) is CESA’s must-attend flagship event. The event is an exclusive invite-only gathering that will bring together 200+ high-level executives from CESA member companies, CAISO, CPUC, CEC, major investor-owned and publicly-owned utilities, and more.
CESA welcomes all members to join us at our 2021 Virtual Member Meet & Greet!
CESA Virtual Conference is a day of energy storage programming and networking that is free and open to the public. Join CESA members as they present on the hottest topics in energy storage in one jam-packed day. Don’t forget to pop by the Virtual Lunch Tables to join staff and members in a relaxed conversation.
The annual Members Meeting provides an opportunity for CESA members to review and inform CESA 2020 advocacy and policy priorities and hear from California utilities, POUs and CCAs on their energy storage procurement plans.
The Market Development Forum (MDF) is CESA’s must-attend flagship event. The theme of the 2020 MDF was “The Next 10 Years.” The event was an exclusive invite-only gathering that brought together 200 high-level executives from CESA member companies, CAISO, CPUC, CEC, major investor-owned and publicly-owned utilities, and more.
The purpose of the Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Safety Workshop is to ensure California maintains its A+ safety record with energy storage. The workshop identified goals for the CESA Safety Working Group to focus on in 2020. Invited attendees included CESA members, regulators, project developers, engineering firms, and AHJ’s. Learn more about CESA and Safety here.
CESA members and Load Serving Entities will discuss how energy storage provides benefits to the grid and LSE customers. This is a business develop event, so bring your top energy storage solutions to serve grid needs and resiliency!
CESA will host the official Energy Storage North America After-Party. Following the ESNA Beach Party at the Kona Kai Resort, ESNA will provide transportation to the Salt & Whiskey in the popular San Diego Gaslamp District. There, CESA staff, members, and ESNA participants can eat, drink and network til late in a beautiful Victorian setting.