Dive Brief: A month after the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) adjusted the rules for the state's energy storage deployment program, five utilities have submitted revised deployment plans reflecting a relaxed timeline. The new plans would have utilities seeking bids to install and operate at least a combined 350 MW of energy storage projects by December 31, 2025, rather than the state's original 2022 deadline. The utilities will also sign dispatch rights contracts for up to 10 years with project developers, up from the original seven-year maximum contract terms. New York's utilities had petitioned the PSC for more flexibility in meeting a goal of deploying 3,000 MW of storage by 2030, as set out under the commission's 2018 Energy Storage Order. An initial round of solicitations in 2019 and 2020 failed to meet the state's cumulative deployment goals.