Gateway Energy Storage LLC, a unit of LS Power Development LLC, seeks an order from federal regulators directing San Diego Gas & Electric Co. to provide transmission and grid-connections services to deliver the output of its battery storage system onto the California grid. The commission’s consent is needed to preserve the status of San Diego…
The U.S. Energy Department will award funds to over two dozen projects aimed at tackling key technical challenges and to boost efficiency and lower costs of the technology, according to the agency’s Aug. 14 press release. With lower costs, hydrogen power holds the promise for use in energy storage, fueling large turbines at power plants,…
Over the past four months, Hawaii has established performance-based ratemaking, initiated a microgrid tariff proceeding, unveiled a grid planning proposal, and enacted three bills on climate including a framework for carbon credits to fund carbon mitigation projects. The island is also exploring an electric vehicle roadmap.