Document Type
Student Article
Abstract
Affordable, reliable battery energy storage has long been the holy grail of the electric grid. From avoiding expensive transmission build-out to smoothing out fluctuations inherent to wind and solar resource output, batteries hold the promise of providing the solution to an ever more intermittent and distributed grid. Across the United States and particularly in Texas, that futuristic vision is beginning to approach reality as battery costs decline and favorable regulatory policy is implemented. This Article addresses the current state of battery energy storage system development and notes recent contributory policy developments at both the national and state level.
DOI
10.37419/JPL.V6.I3.22
First Page
408
Last Page
416
Recommended Citation
Matthew A. Arth,
Come and Charge It: The Rise of Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage in Texas,
6
Tex. A&M J. Prop. L.
408
(2020).
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.37419/JPL.V6.I3.22