Safety: Desired Future States

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Safety Practices Established

Future State Leader: Lakshmi Srinivasan

Codes, standards, and best practices for integration and operation of energy storage support the safety of all.

Gaps to this future state

• Public safety guidelines
• Installation, transportation, and handling safety guidelines
• Operator guidelines
• Maintenance guidelines
• Incident response protocols
• Design and manufacturing safety practices

Asset Hazards Characterized and Minimized

Future State Leader: Taylor Kelly

Safety hazards are characterized and mitigated with informed and comprehensive approaches to reduce the probability and severity of safety events.

Gaps to this future state

• Battery thermal runaway characterization and mitigation
• Siting risk management practices
• Emerging storage technology safety information and analysis
• Failure modes and effects analyses
• Fire hazard testing and models

Community Resilience and Public Safety Applications Viable

Future State Leader: Nick Tumilowicz

Solutions are developed and demonstrated to support a range of customer and community resilience applications for disruptions and disasters.

Gaps to this future state

• Quantification of resilience value for communities
• Energy storage public safety use definition
• Community and customer awareness of options
• Coordination of customer and utility assets