State Legislatures

California Customer Data Protection rules

Established fair information practice requirements, including a consumer right of access and control, data minimization obligations, use and disclosure limitations, and data quality and integrity requirements.

Connecticut’s HB 5002 (2019)

Authorized the electric distribution utilities to own and rate-base wholesale storage generation assets for the first time since electric restructuring was authorized in 1998.

Utah’s SB 115

Directed the Utah Public Service Commission to authorize certain funds for “innovative utility programs” designed to investigate, among other options, energy storage technology.

NJ’s A3723

Sets New Jersey’s energy storage target at 2,000 MW by 2030.

Oregon’s HB 2193

Requires electric companies with at least 25,000 retail customers to produce at least one energy storage system with at least 5 MWh of energy, to be operational by January 2020. 

Nevada’s SB 204

Requires the state’s Public Utilities Commission to study whether it should establish a program mandating that the state’s electric utilities produce energy storage systems.

Massachusetts energy storage target

In accordance with H4568 (2016), Massachusetts’s Dept. of Energy Resources has adopted a target of 200 MWh of storage by 2020. In July of 2018, Massachusetts passed 4857, raising the state goal to 1,000 MWh of energy storage by the end of 2025.

New Mexico’s Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act

Directed the state’s Renewable Energy Transmission Authority to participate in regional transmission forums and grants it the power of eminent domain to acquire property of rights of way for public use if needed to regional transmission projects.