Connecticut looks to join seven other US states in setting energy storage target
Published: 25 May 2021, 07:59 By: Occum hydroelectric plant and dam, Norwich, Connecticut. Image: Wikimedia user Digitalpigrim. Connecticut’s Senate has passed a bill targeting the deployment of 1,000MW of energy storage by the end of 2030, which when signed into law by the state’s governor will make it the eighth state jurisdiction in the US so far to introduce either a target or mandate for energy storage. Senate Bill (SB) 952, ‘An act concerning energy storage,’ was passed by the upper house of Connecticut lawmakers on 20 May. The bill establishes goals, programme req...