SPP stakeholders approved staff’s recommendation to remove AEP’s Wind Catcher project from the 2019 ITP assessment scope.

National Grid has begun operating a vanadium redox-flow battery (VRB) with its solar PV array in Massachusetts to demonstrate utility operation of storage.

CAISO moved to update its rules to make it easier for energy storage and distributed energy resources (ESDER) to participate efficiently in its markets.

The MISO Steering Committee approved an expanded role for the Energy Storage Task Force, provided it doesn’t impede discussions in other stakeholder forums.

FERC denied Southern California Edison’s proposal to treat its energy storage customers differently from its retail and wholesale ratepayers.

In a special conference call, MISO officials went over how the RTO would treat energy storage resources in its markets in compliance with FERC Order 841.

MISO is probing what eligibility requirements it should establish before allowing energy storage resources to function as transmission assets.

FERC accepted MISO’s compliance filing spelling out rules for its new energy storage category, rejecting a protest and rehearing request by IPL.

MISO laid out a more detailed proposal for how it will determine the capacity accreditation of energy storage resources under FERC Order 841.

The MISO Energy Storage Task Force is making a bid to broaden its role by seeking the authority to evaluate storage issues in addition to identifying them.