SCE Adds an Additional 590 Megawatts of New Energy Storage Capacity to Its Clean Energy Portfolio
December 07 2020 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
To further enhance the
region’s electric system reliability needs, Southern California
Edison has signed long-term contracts for four projects totaling
590 megawatts of battery energy storage resources. The recently
conducted solicitation and resulting contracts are in addition to
the company’s May acquisition of 770 MWs of energy storage
procurement, one of the country’s largest. These contracts increase
SCE’s total amount of installed and procured battery storage
capacity to approximately 2,050 MWs.
“Bringing more utility-scale battery storage resources online
will improve the reliability of the grid and further the
integration of renewable generation resources, like wind and solar,
into the grid,” said William Walsh, SCE vice president of Energy
Procurement & Management. “As California transitions to 100%
clean renewable energy to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that
are driving climate change, battery storage will play a key role in
harnessing the value of these cost-effective, carbon-free resources
in a reliable manner.”
Three of the four projects are utility-scale projects totaling
585 MW and will take advantage of lithium-ion batteries that can
store energy for use later.
The fourth project is a 5 MW demand response contract that will
use energy from customer-owned energy storage. Economically
impacted communities that suffer most from the effects of air
pollution will provide 5% of the MWs for this project.
One of the many ways these flexible energy resources can be used
is by capturing solar energy during the day and distributing the
energy as the sun sets and energy use remains high. They can also
be used to respond to the California Independent System Operator
signals, high-demand events, heat waves or when the energy grid is
strained.
The projects are expected to come online by August 2022 and
2023.
Company
Project Name
Size (MW)
Online Date
Recurrent Energy
Crimson
200
8/1/2022
174 Power Global / Hanwha
Group
Eldorado Valley
60
8/1/2022
NextEra Energy
Desert Peak
325
8/1/2023
Sunrun
Behind-the-Meter Storage
5
8/1/2023
The procurement was part of a robust competitive process
initiated by SCE last year.
As laid out in Pathway 2045, SCE estimates the state needs to
add 30 GW of utility-scale storage to the grid and 10 GW of storage
from distributed energy resources to meet the state’s clean energy
and carbon neutrality goals. These new contracts will further help
California meet these goals while providing additional grid
reliability. They also help improve California’s economy by
creating craft and skilled clean energy jobs while reducing GHG
emissions.
The contracts will require California Public Utilities
Commission approval and SCE expects to submit them for approval
before the end of the year.
About Southern California Edison
An Edison International (NYSE: EIX) company, Southern California
Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a
population of approximately 15 million via 5 million customer
accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central,
Coastal and Southern California.
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