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Visual Primer: Battery Storage Takes a Larger Role in Grid Modernization

Energy storage is gaining strategic importance as electricity demand surges and grid modernization accelerates across the U.S. Recent legislative and policy actions signal a growing shift toward scaling and integrating battery storage into grid operations.

FERC Proposes Broad Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Reforms

Federal, State Leaders Call on PJM to Accelerate Baseload Generation to Address Surging Demand

Federal energy officials and Mid-Atlantic governors on Jan. 16 urged PJM Interconnection to temporarily revise market rules to address escalating electricity prices and rising reliability risks across the region. The initiative calls for an emergency procurement auction intended to accelerate the development of more than $15 billion of new firm baseload generation, positioning the action…...