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BESS Commissioning, Testing & Operational Readiness

February 3 - 4, 2027 Online :: Central Time

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This course provides a practical framework for planning, executing, testing, and handing over a utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS). Following the project lifecycle from pre-commissioning through turnover, this course focuses on the critical interfaces that determine BESS project readiness, including contracts, schedule, construction completion, OEM requirements, control integration, grid coordination, permitting, documentation, and acceptance criteria.

Designed for developers, owners, EPC teams, commissioning personnel, engineers, project managers, and operations representatives with prior BESS experience, this course uses U.S.-based examples while distinguishing universal commissioning practices from requirements that vary by contract, authority having jurisdiction, utility, ISO/RTO, and project configuration.

Throughout the session, attendees will apply course concepts to a fictional 100 MW / 200 MWh standalone BESS approaching energization. The case study features:

  • Aggressive commercial operation date (COD)
  • Incomplete construction punch-list items
  • Multiple OEM test plans
  • Plant controller and SCADA integration challenges
  • Utility witness testing requirements
  • Fire protection system closeout activities
  • Turnover obligations

Register now to gain practical tools and frameworks that can be immediately applied to active BESS projects approaching energization and commercial operation.

Learning Outcomes

  • Distinguish mechanical completion, energization readiness, substantial completion, commercial operation, and final acceptance as project-specific milestones
  • Build a risk-based commissioning plan connecting scope, interfaces, schedule, resources, safety controls, and acceptance evidence
  • Develop test sequences for OEM, plant controller, protection, communications, utility, performance, and market testing using clear prerequisites and hold points
  • Evaluate readiness for cold, warm, and hot commissioning using documented gates
  • Create first energization and integrated testing plans with defined authority, communications, contingency actions, and stop-work criteria
  • Assess turnover requirements, including issue closure, records, training, spares, warranty information, operating limits, and baseline documentation
  • Compare universal practices with obligations that require project-specific verification

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Please Note: This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer, one connection per purchase. For details please see our FAQ

If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all attendees for 7 days after the event

REGISTER NOW FOR THIS EVENT:

Individual attendee(s)$ 995.00 each(early bird rate)
(price after January 22, 2027 is $ 1,095.00)
Volume pricing also available

Individual attendee tickets can be mixed with ticket packs for complete flexibility

Pack of 5 attendees$ 4,230.00 (15% discount)(early bird rate)
(price after January 22, 2027 is $ 4,655.00)
Pack of 10 attendees$ 7,960.00 (20% discount)(early bird rate)
(price after January 22, 2027 is $ 8,760.00)
Pack of 20 attendees$ 14,925.00 (25% discount)(early bird rate)
(price after January 22, 2027 is $ 16,425.00)

Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours in advance of the event. Cancellations must be received on or before January 01, 2027 in order to be refunded and will be subject to a US $195.00 processing fee per registrant. No refunds will be made after this date. Cancellations received after this date will create a credit of the tuition (less processing fee) good toward any other EUCI event. This credit will be good for six months from the cancellation date. In the event of non-attendance, all registration fees will be forfeited. In case of conference cancellation, EUCIs liability is limited to refund of the event registration fee only. For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaints and refunds, please contact our offices at 303-770-8800

EUCI retains the right to refuse registration by any individual or company.

Day one

Wednesday, February 3, 2027

Day two

Thursday, February 4, 2027

Agenda

Wednesday, February 3, 2027
Central Time

Online

Log In & Welcome

8:45 AM

Adjourn for the day

12:00 PM

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Log In & Welcome

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Pre-Commissioning Part 1

Establish the project logic for credible and detailed commissioning execution. Attendees will develop a risk and interface map and a milestone dependency chain.

  • Commissioning Lifecycle
    • Scope boundaries
    • Systems and subsystems
    • Completion and acceptance milestones
    • Evidence trail
  • Planning Priorities and Risk
    • Commercial, technical, safety, schedule, stakeholder, and resource risk
    • Interface ownership
  • Target Completion Date
    • Mechanical completion, energization, substantial completion, commercial operation date (COD), and final acceptance
    • Backwards planning from required dates
  • Project Footprint
    • Utility, transmission/benchmarking authority, ISO/RTO, back feed provider, AHJ, OEM, EPC, owner, and PPA interfaces
  • Case Exercise- Team Response
    • Identify the top five commissioning constraints
10:30 - 10:45 AM

Morning Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Pre-Commissioning Part 2

Convert project requirements into an integrated test and acceptance plan before site execution accelerates. Attendees will develop an integrated test matrix with prerequisites, witnesses, evidence, and acceptance owner 

  • OEM Testing
    • Battery, PCS/inverter, transformer, switchgear, fire detection and suppression, HVAC, auxiliary, and vendor-specific testing requirements
  • PPC and Controls Testing
    • Signals, point-to-point checks, permissives, commands, setpoints, single-lineup tests, mini-plant tests, full-plant tests, and recording
  • Permit and External Closeout
    • Fire system, emergency response, acoustic, electrical, building, environmental, and AHJ closeout items, as applicable
  • Documentation and Acceptance
    • Submittal dates, review windows, witness points, test reports, exceptions, approval authority, and evidence control
  • Case Check and Q&A

Agenda

Thursday, February 4, 2027
Central Time

Online

Log In

8:45 AM

Adjourn for the day

12:00 PM

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Log In

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Commissioning

Apply readiness gates and disciplined field controls to move from construction completion through energization and functional operation. Attendees will develop a commissioning readiness decision and first-energization briefing.

  • Readiness Checkpoint
    • Mechanical completion evidence, punch classification, subsystem release, test equipment, staffing, and prerequisites
  • Safety and Work Authorization
    • Energized work boundaries, LOTO interfaces, permits to work, switching authority, simultaneous operations, weather, emergency communications, and stop-work expectations
  • Cold, Warm & Hot Commissioning
    • Equipment verification, auxiliary power, controls and communications, subsystem function, staged energization, issue triage, retest, and evidence capture
  • First Energization
    • Utility and transmission coordination, switching plan, protection and control verification, communications protocol, contingency actions, and abort criteria
  • Case Exercise
    • Conduct a go or no-go review with incomplete punch items and one failed protection check
10:30 - 10:45 AM

Morning Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Testing, Market Integration & Handover

Demonstrate integrated performance, close acceptance gaps, and transfer an operable asset with traceable evidence. Attendees will develop a turnover readiness assessment and a 30-day operational handover action list.

  • System & Performance Testing
    • Functional, integrated, site-acceptance, capacity, efficiency, response, reliability, application-specific, and contractual performance tests
  • Market & Utility Integration
    • SCADA and telemetry, command paths, plant controller response, dispatch, utility or ISO witness tests, operational limitations, and fallback modes
  • Exceptions & Acceptance
    • Issue severity, retest, temporary operating limitations, concessions, report review, acceptance authority, and residual risk
  • Operational Turnover
    • As-builts, test records, training, spares, warranties, alarms, open items, operating limits, baseline data, and owner/OEM acceptance
  • Course Closeout
    • Final case decision
    • Learner commitments

Instructors

Ravi Pinnelli, M.Sc.

Project Director

Charge Power

Utility-scale BESS and renewable project leader with project delivery, engineering, SCADA, construction and commissioning leadership across CAISO, ERCOT, PJM, NYISO, IESO and ISO-NE. Led/supports Charge Power engagements involving active BESS portfolios exceeding 1 GWh and previously held senior delivery roles at RES across development, construction operations, SCADA engineering and electrical construction. Project background includes 200 MW / 400 MWh-class BESS projects and IESO project experience.

Qualifications / education: M.Sc.; senior BESS delivery leadership; utility/interconnection coordination including IESO/Toronto Hydro-facing experience.

Hamzah Maklai

Project Controls / BESS Execution Lead

Charge Power

BESS execution and project-controls lead with recent Charge Power experience supporting four utility-scale BESS projects exceeding 350 MW across ERCOT and CAISO. Scope includes owner-representative/CX coordination from mechanical completion to final completion and handover, daily POD meetings with BESS/PCS/EMS/SCADA teams, SOW/execution planning, schedule and contractor tracking, RFI/submittal logs, outage coordination, QSE test-energy scheduling and site-level performance tests including AVR, PFR, ramp-rate and capacity testing. Prior experience with Algonquin Power & Utilities and Enbridge adds asset-management, risk/reliability and Canadian energy-sector context.

Qualifications / education: Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University; Charge Power / Algonquin / Enbridge experience.

Francisco Mendez

Commissioning Manager

Charge Power

Control-center and commissioning leader with more than 10 years across control operations, utility-scale commissioning and renewable integration. Leads execution, commissioning and operations for storage assets across multiple ISOs; previously led national commissioning for BESS/PV/hybrid assets exceeding 1 GWh in aggregate and built/led a Remote Operations Center integrating 12+ renewable projects. Deep experience with SCADA, telemetry, EMS, ISO coordination, operating procedures and operational readiness.

Qualifications / education: OSHA 30; NFPA 70E; First Aid/AED/CPR; NERC/CIP operating-environment exposure.

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Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants log in each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course

 

Instructional Methods

Power Point presentations and open discussion will be used

CPE

Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 6.5
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

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CLE

Only registered attendees can request CLE credits for an EUCI course/event. Please email [email protected] prior to the course start date and list the state where you are licensed and your bar# as well as the name and date of your course/event in your request, and someone will be in contact.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for professionals involved in battery energy storage system commissioning, including: 

  • BESS Developers
  • BESS Project Managers
  • BESS Integrators, EPCs, and Technical Staff 
  • BESS Operations and Maintenance Teams
  • Utility Project Management Teams
  • Utility Engineers
  • Utility Procurement Teams
  • Utility Planning Teams 
  • Contract and Compliance Professionals 
  • Consultants and Advisors 
  • Regulators