DOE report, Powering the Blue Economy

Highlights eight markets where MHK technology can be tested and developed while providing high value.

California’s AB 33

Requires the CPUC to evaluate the potential for all types of long-duration bulk energy storage resources, including pumped hydroelectric storage, to help integrate renewable energy resources into the electric grid.

FERC rule on pumped storage in RTO and ISO markets

Allows energy storage resources (including pumped storage) to more fully participate in organized electricity markets by removing barriers to these resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets operated by ISOs and RTOs.

FERC Order 890

Required that non-generation resources be evaluated on a comparable basis to services provided by generation resources, including hydro pumped storage.

HydroWIRES

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.