Energy Transition Theater: Securing & Accelerating DER Deployment

Software is becoming a pivotal force in the DER industry. Companies that own Commercial & Industrial (C&I) scale asset portfolios need to be able to track and manage these assets. Financiers need clear insight into project and portfolio finances at a moment's notice. Grid operators need real-time insight into the behavior of connected assets. And all of this incredibly valuable data needs to be protected from cyber attacks. One of the growing accelerators of DER deployment is energy software. As a growing cohort of developers, financiers, EPC's, data scientists, and grid operators leverage software applications, safeguarding these critical assets against cyber threats continues to grow in importance. In this session, Joel Santisteban will speak on the current and future landscape of distributed energy resources–discussing the roadblocks and considerations to the continued acceleration of DER deployment, and how software, paired with cybersecurity, is changing the game.