ZOOM LINKMeeting ID: 937 4316 0035Passcode: 411385 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity’s (OE) energy storage research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) portfolio accelerates innovation to deliver a reliable, secure, and affordable storage solutions. This overview highlights OE's initiatives to advance technologies from concept to grid validation, diversify beyond lithium-based chemistries to mitigate supply chain risks, and improve bankability.  It discusses emerging use cases—from critical infrastructure resilience to second-order system optimization—alongside enabling tools for valuation, modeling, and decision support. Finally, it recognizes the value of collaboration and expert assistance opportunities for utilities, regulators, industry partners, and other decision-makers to accelerate deployment and ensure affordable access to energy storage solutions. Attendees will gain insight into OE's efforts to broaden domestic supply chains, validate next-generation storage systems under real-world conditions, and improve integration of energy storage solutions that strengthen the grid and support national energy objectives. The OE energy storage portfolio, collectively, strives to advance next-generation solutions, strengthen the energy storage ecosystem, and drive system-level innovations to accelerate market readiness and deployment. Hosted by Professor Jifeng Liu.