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Illinois regulators approve ComEd VPP under new clean energy law | Utility Dive
Illinois regulators approved ComEd's scheduled dispatch virtual power plant programme under the new Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, enabling distributed battery storage to discharge during peak demand events like the July heatwave that stressed PJM Interconnection capacity.
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The Wire takeaway
ComEd just got regulatory approval to run a network of small batteries as a power plant. If you build, install or monitor distributed batteries in the Midwest, you now have a buyer with a guaranteed contract and a legal mandate to expand capacity.
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Topics: Climate Tech · battery-storage · virtual-power-plant · grid-capacity · pjm-interconnection · distributed-energy