; and (B) increasing the cost-competitiveness of energy storage technologies, services, and applications, including— (i) the costs of subsystem components, installation, and integration; and (ii) the costs associated with the application of energy storage technologies within integrated control systems; (2) facilitating innovation in the manner in which energy storage systems are conceived, designed, manufactured, installed, and used for various energy services; (3) improving the understanding of the economics and technical characteristics of new electric grid operating principles enabled by energy storage, including by considering regional characteristics; (4) (A) identifying the various use cases that are possible with energy storage (including individual technology applications, combination technology applications, and integrated control system applications); and (B) quantifying, demonstrating, and maximizing— (i) the value of energy storage in the various use cases identified under subparagraph (A); and (ii) the energy storage services that could be provided in those various use cases— (I) individually; and (II) in multiple or stacked services, including the generation of multiple value streams from integrated control systems, such as microgrids; (5) identifying, addressing, and reducing market barriers that limit energy storage adoption, including by— (A) identifying wholesale and retail market barriers; (B) helping to streamline processes— (i) to reduce the time required for project completion; and (ii) to lower interconnection costs; and (C) facilitating increased deployment of energy storage across sectors, including facilitating— (i) the deployment of residential, commercial, and industrial applications; and (ii) the deployment to low-income individuals and communities