September 28, 2024

Battery Electric Storage

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FERC Approves Two Enforcement Orders Related to Battery Storage
FERC approved two enforcement orders requiring several battery storage operators to pay more than $1 million in fines and remit nearly $1.9 million back to CAISO.
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NYISO Presents Draft Recommendations for Demand Curve Reset
NYISO presented its draft recommendations for the demand curve reset, including the choice of a two-hour battery electric storage system resource as the proxy unit in calculations.
Bureau of Land Management California
CAISO Proposal Seeks to Refine Storage Bid Cost Recovery
A new CAISO proposal seeks to address unwarranted BCR payments to storage resources, an issue that has stirred controversy over the last month.
Sandia National Laboratories
FERC Approves CAISO Request to Lift Soft Offer Cap for Hydro, Storage
FERC accepted CAISO’s proposal to allow for storage resources to bid above the ISO’s $1,000/MWh soft offer cap in the real-time market to account for their intraday opportunity costs.
Shutterstock
ISO-NE Capacity Accreditation Reforms Spur Energy Storage Concerns
As ISO-NE undertakes major capacity market accreditation reforms, New England storage developers are voicing concerns that potential flaws in the RTO’s modeling methodology could discourage new investments in storage resources.
NYISO
NYISO Stakeholders Continue Debate over Battery as Proxy Unit
NYISO analysts continue to recommend a two-hour battery electric storage system resource as the proxy unit for the ISO’s capacity market demand curve.
Advanced Energy United
NV Energy Should Do More to Tap VPP Potential, Report Says
NV Energy's virtual power plant market potential could grow from an estimated 134 MW this year to 1,230 MW in 2035, according to a new analysis.
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SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: July 16-17, 2024
SPP’s Markets and Operations Policy Committee endorsed recommended revision requests from two stakeholder groups as part of the RTO’s effort to strengthen resource adequacy.
CAISO
CAISO Kicks off Storage Bid Cost Recovery Stakeholder Initiative

Batteries may be receiving excessive or inefficient bid cost recovery payments in CAISO, an issue that could be exacerbated by the ISO’s recent move to increase its soft offer cap to allow for higher bids by storage resources.

Analysis Group
Stakeholders Battle over Battery as Proxy in NYISO Demand Curve Reset
NYISO stakeholders are divided over consultants’ proposal to use a two-hour battery as the peaking plant in the ISO’s capacity market demand curve, as part of its quadrennial demand curve reset for 2025-2029. 

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