The Long Island Power Authority in the US is soliciting for energy storage resources to reduce peak demand and help cut carbon emissions.
PSEG Long Island’s 2020 Bulk Energy Storage Request for Information (RfI) aims to solicit from interested parties “ideas, suggestions, and concepts on how best to configure, deploy and locate” approximately 155MW to 175MW of energy storage on Long Island.
These resources will contribute to meeting the power authority’s share of New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act CLCPA goal of having 1500MW of storage capacity in the state by 2025.
Responses to the RfI will assist in the development of a subsequent Request for Proposal (RfP) for energy storage resources planned to be issued later this year.
“We must take the next step to advance energy storage technology,” said Paul Napoli, vice president of Power Markets for PSEG Long Island. “Energy storage, strategically located across our service area, will be used to enhance reliability and help to provide a greener future for all Long Islanders.”
The energy storage resources will be used to enhance bulk system reliability, defer network related capital expenditures, more effectively manage system peaks, and/or reduce carbon emissions, maximizing the value these clean resources deliver to customers.
PSEG Long Island said it is interested in receiving responses from a “broad spectrum” of interested entities including developers of energy storage projects, industry trade groups, equipment manufacturers, Long Island landowners, governmental entities, and others.