The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) has given approval to LS Power’s 316MW Ravenswood energy storage project proposed for New York City.
A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity has been awarded to the project by the commission for the plant located at Long Island City.
LS Power said that in addition, the Ravenswood storage project was accepted in the New York Independent System Operator 2019 interconnection facility study process, and is “well positioned” to be able to meet a 2022 in-service requirement.
LS Power vice president of project development Mike Vogt said: “LS Power is extremely pleased to have received this positive ruling from the New York PSC and appreciates the confidence it displays in our organisation and our ability to complete this transformative project for New York’s electricity grid.
“With this key approval in hand, we look forward to moving to the next important step in this project, which includes submittal of a solid battery energy storage system proposal to Con Edison in response to their RfP.
“Ravenswood was designed to support the regional growth in renewables over the next decade and we look forward to working with Con Edison and New York to achieve their goals.”
In July, Con Edison issued Request For Proposals for 300MW of battery energy storage following an order from the PSC, with a requirement to be operational by 31 December 2022.
New York has set a target of 3GW of energy storage capacity by 2030.