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    In 5 Years, Batteries Will Blanket The U.S., Duke Executive Says | Forbes

    How much closer are we coming to affordable battery storage becoming a reality? Experts cited in Jeff McMahon's reporting for Forbes say the cost battle is being won, leaving policy formation as the "missing piece" needed to determine value that will have a positive impact on the electric grid. Do you share the view expressed by a Duke Energy executive in this article that the United States will be "blanketed" with energy storage systems only five years from now?

    Electric utilities are dropping in on a wave of falling prices that will spur the expansion of battery storage across the United States in five years, a Duke Energy executive said in Chicago recently.

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