Affirming that storage resources (including pumped storage) can serve as transmission assets, and therefore receive multiple revenue streams in organized markets.
Required that non-generation resources be evaluated on a comparable basis to services provided by generation resources, including hydro pumped storage.
DOE initiative to understand, enable, and improve hydropower and pumped storage hydro’s contributions to reliability, resilience, and integration in a rapidly evolving electricity system.
Defines and evaluates cost and performance parameters of six battery energy storage technologies and four non-BESS storage technologies, including pumped hydro.
Reviews potential actions to increase hydropower production from existing conduits, including resource assessment, feasibility analysis tools, improved regulatory efficiency, and more.