Feb. 19 at 2:14 PM
I read this piece on how battery storage in the Eastern U.S. could start catching up with places like Texas and California, and a few thoughts stood out to me, the article highlights something that doesn’t get talked about enough the gap between interest and actual deployment. There are tons of planned battery projects in the Eastern region, but only a fraction actually get built because of how markets, grid rules, and interconnection processes are set up right now. Texas and California didn’t get ahead by accident. Texas simplified how batteries connect to the grid, and California backed storage with long-term policy support and pricing signals that reward flexibility. Once markets start paying for things like flexibility, reliability, and not just energy at specific hours
https://www.ess-news.com/2026/02/19/like-texas-and-california-heres-how-battery-deployment-in-the-eastern-us-might-take-off/
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