Boston: In accordance with bipartisan energy diversification legislation signed by Massachusetts Governor Baker in August 2016, the Baker-Polito Administration announced a 200 megawatt-hour energy storage target June 30, to be achieved by January 1, 2020.
The target, set by the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), builds upon Governor Baker’s Energy Storage Initiative (ESI), a $10 million commitment to analyze opportunities to support Commonwealth storage companies and develop policy options to encourage energy storage deployment.
In order to continue supporting the development of energy storage in the Commonwealth, the Administration also announced up to $10 million in additional funding for energy storage demonstration projects that are consistent with the findings of the ESI’s State of Charge study and that DOER will examine the benefits of amending the Alternative Portfolio Standard (APS) to expand the eligibility of energy storage technologies able to participate.