California ISO mulls double duty for transmission-connected storage assets

Utility Dive: Storage and its strange attributes have created a unique set of opportunities and challenges, considering the resource can act as load or generation.

Utilities have struggled how to utilize storage as a transmission-deferral option. Last year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission clarified that storage resources may concurrently recover their costs through cost-based and market-based rates. Earlier this year, the California Public Utilities Commission approved new market rules for energy storage aimed at enabling the resources to stack incremental value and revenue streams.

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