Energy & Grid Management
Molly Glick
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
·Posted in Energy & Grid Management
Wed, May 20

NEWS: To navigate grid strains, New England will turn to fickle batteries and a (rebranded) pipeline expansion.

  • ISO-NE’s latest 10-year forecast has included customer-sited storage for the first time. But it’s a gamble: As the operator transitions to a winter-peaking grid in the 2030s, these aggregated behind-the-meter batteries could discharge early and “miss” daily peaks.

  • Meanwhile: Enbridge is mounting a second attempt to clear regional fuel bottlenecks with “Project Beacon”—a proposed 10% capacity expansion of its Algonquin Gas Transmission line by late 2030. This rerun of a failed 2023 attempt enters a friendlier, ratepayer-fatigued political landscape.

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