Battery + Storage Podcast Go Big and Go BESS
Mar 11, 2026
Chris McKissack, CEO of Fullmark Energy and 15-year battery storage veteran, discusses standalone battery projects and their role in today's power mix. He covers market strategies across CAISO, PJM, MISO and ERCOT. Topics include duration and sizing decisions, technology choices, and why owners stay to operate assets. He also touches on capital markets, policy impacts, and grid reliability.
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Early Entrant Building Real Projects
- Chris McKissack traced his involvement in storage back to a project that entered the interconnection queue in 2011.
- He described Fullmark as an early Southern California standalone storage developer with four operating projects and national expansion plans.
Blend Contracts And Merchant To Balance Risk
- Fullmark blends contracted and merchant exposures to balance risk rather than being purely developer-only or merchant-only.
- That mix helps hedge revenue volatility across market cycles and operational conditions.
Design Projects To Match Market Signals
- Target projects to fit specific market signals instead of forcing one design everywhere.
- Fullmark is developing in PJM, MISO, ERCOT, and CAISO with site designs tailored to each market's capacity and ancillary priorities.