This guidebook offers examples, insights, and recommendations for decision-makers at public power utilities contemplating energy storage projects, including five case studies on energy storage projects implemented by public power utilities. It covers the purpose, value, and benefits of energy storage for public power, including common challenges and considerations when implementing and designing a project.
The case studies range from examining how small customer-sited distributed energy storage systems can affect or aid the system to how larger, utility-scale deployments can help with peak load management or in mitigating transmission congestion costs.
Case studies include:
- Braintree Electric Light Department, Massachusetts
- Lansing Board of Water and Light, Michigan
- Manitowoc Public Utilities, Wisconsin
- New York Power Authority, New York
- Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light, Massachusetts
This guidebook is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number(s) DE-FE0032026.