Including a $15 million Future Grid Challenge, $30 million into the High Performing Grid program, and $5 million specifically to support research on integrating renewable energy onto the grid.
Establishing data protection rights and protocols for Texas consumers.
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.
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.
Directed the Utah Public Service Commission to authorize certain funds for “innovative utility programs” designed to investigate, among other options, energy storage technology.
Provide $20 million in grants to energy storage projects that test various, multi-use business cases for energy storage.
Sets New Jersey’s energy storage target at 2,000 MW by 2030.
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.
NY DPS issued an Energy Storage Roadmap calling for an energy storage goal of 1.5 GW by 2025. In January 2018, the Public Service Commission issued an Order establishing a 2030 target of 3,000 MW.
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.