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Batteries, Batteries Everywhere: Battery-Powered Appliances are Reshaping the Electric Grid
In the not-so-distant past, home batteries were the domain of the early adopters: the solar fanatic with a Powerwall tucked in the garage or the off-grid enthusiast living by their own rules. But that is changing fast. Along with a rapid increase in home battery system installations, batteries are finding their way into the appliances…
Long-Duration Energy Storage: What Is It, Why Do We Need It, and When Will It Get Here?
There has been a lot of excitement in the energy world around the promise of long-duration energy storage (LDES) and emerging technologies challenging the dominance of lithium-ion batteries. National and international consortiums have sprung up to advance the sector, LDES businesses have surpassed billion-dollar investment milestones, and leading states have established the first LDES procurement…
Innovative Massachusetts Low-Income Battery Pilot Finally Wins Approval (For Now…)
Five years after it was first proposed, Massachusetts’ Cape Light Compact is celebrating the long-awaited and hard-won regulatory approval of a first-in-the-nation energy storage pilot program for low-income customers.
Connecticut Powers into the Lead with Breakthrough Customer Battery Program
With the long-anticipated approval of its new Statewide Electric Storage Program, Connecticut has just leapfrogged the rest of New England to become the new regional leader in distributed battery storage program development.
The Lesson of Texas – And a New Program States Can Use to Quickly Fund the Distributed Energy Storage Solution
If we learn anything from the Texas blackouts, and the death and suffering that have resulted, it should be this: distributed resilient solar+storage systems are no longer a luxury – they are an essential tool to protect citizens from power outages, and modernize the grid so outages become less frequent and severe.
Battery Storage is Coming to Affordable Housing Thanks to Efficiency Program
A new utility program in Massachusetts has dramatically changed the economic landscape for battery storage in the state and created a pathway to deliver the benefits of storage to affordable housing providers and residents.
SMUD’s Energy StorageShares Program: The First Virtual Energy Storage Program in the US
SMUD’s innovative Energy StorageShares program is the first virtual energy storage program in the US. StorageShares allows SMUD’s commercial customers to invest in an off-site battery storage system and enjoy energy cost savings without siting batteries at their facilities.
Massachusetts and Vermont crack the code on distributed energy storage
If utilities are to address increasing renewable penetration and 100% clean energy state policy goals, as well as calls for increased resiliency, distributed storage must be brought to scale and harnessed to provide real grid benefits.
ConnectedSolutions First Results: Massachusetts’ groundbreaking efficiency program for customer batteries receives its first report card
Last year, with technical support from Clean Energy Group, Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate behind-the-meter battery storage into its energy efficiency plan, and utilities began enrolling customers across the state in a groundbreaking pay-for-performance program.
The New England Battery Revolution: In a Public Health Crisis, State Efficiency Programs Are Making Resilient Power Affordable for All
As we look forward to an uncertain future with COVID-19 and energy security, it is important to develop new solutions that will put resilient solar and storage within reach for everyone, including those most vulnerable to power outages and the health impacts that could result from them.