Can utilities rate base energy storage as a distribution asset? Texas is now tackling this big question, with the potential to set policy that could have national ramifications. The question arose when American Electric Power (AEP) asked the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas to approve its proposal to install numerous grid-scale batteries … [Read more...]
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Can Utilities Rate Base Energy Storage as a Distribution Asset?
February 9, 2018 By Lisa Cohn
Filed Under: Distributed Energy, Economics, Generation, Google News Feed, North America, Policy, Reliability, Storage, x ~ Sub Features Tagged With: AEP
EnSync Sells Innovative Solar-Plus-Storage PPAs in Hawaii
August 4, 2016 By Lisa Cohn

EnSync Energy Systems has sold a portfolio of power purchase agreements to AEP Onsite Partners--including three innovative solar-plus-storage PPAs. "These are the first solar-plus-storage PPAs in Hawaii. We believe this is a first nationally and I am confident it is the first PPA of its kind utilizing hybrid storage," said Dan Nordloh, executive … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Campus, Commercial, Controllers & Software, Financing, Generation, Google News Feed, North America, Operating, Renewables, Storage, Utility Tagged With: AEP, EnSync Energy Systems, Holu Energy, Microgrid Newsletter Article