Dive Brief:
The California Independent System Operator has approved three reliability improvements for storage management that are set to take effect this summer when extreme heat could cause a spike in demand.
CAISO said Dec. 16 it’s been refining its policies to make sure batteries are accurately priced and fully charged to provide energy when needed.
Its board and the Western Energy Imbalance Market governing body also approved enhancements to the Resource Sufficiency Evaluation to make sure WEIM entities have enough capacity and energy to meet demand before transferring electricity to other participants.
Dive Insight:
The Energy Storage Enhancements proposal adopted by the board and WEIM governing body are intended to improve accounting of a battery’s state of charge, certifying resources are available when needed and…