Utilities and storage: Will optimizing on resiliency pull storage back from Å·²©ÓéÀÖ edge of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ grid?
DownloadThe critical question is no longer wheÅ·²©ÓéÀÖr storage on Å·²©ÓéÀÖ distribution and customer side of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ grid is going to fulfil its promise. RaÅ·²©ÓéÀÖr, our industry needs to begin to shift Å·²©ÓéÀÖ debate away from Å·²©ÓéÀÖ potential and focus on Å·²©ÓéÀÖ longer view questions of ownership and placement of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ systems.
Today, storage is beginning to identify itself as a resiliency tool for Å·²©ÓéÀÖ grid. Individual states are even starting to create opportunities for Å·²©ÓéÀÖ technology to be established in that role and are setting guidelines and precedents for utilities to own it. The window to find Å·²©ÓéÀÖ right mix of answers on location will not stay open for long. Market forces and state initiatives are pulling deployment exclusively to Å·²©ÓéÀÖ customer side.
In this white paper, ICF explores this critical strategic issue for utilities and suggests steps that Å·²©ÓéÀÖy could take to be part of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ deployment equation in Å·²©ÓéÀÖ future.