Gavin Maguire of Reuters reports that California and Texas lead the nation in grid-scale power sector battery systems, accounting for 72% of the battery networks currently in operation and around 65% of the battery development pipeline. Maguire writes:
California has the largest footprint of currently deployed utility batteries, with roughly 9,920 megawatts (MW), according to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA). Texas has the next largest power battery system, with 4,832 MW. […]
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Once the planned battery systems are completed in 2026, the national battery network will more than double from its current scale to around 49,110 MW.
Texas will overtake California as the top battery state once its pipeline of 12,425 MW is brought online, bringing the state’s total to 17,257 MW. […]
In 2024, the average price for U.S. utilities is around $148/KWh for a 20-foot container system. That compares to around $270/kWh for the same unit in 2022, according to CEA.
If prices continue to rapidly decline in the coming years, that will make them affordable at scale for a growing number of utilities, and likely make them commonplace within large power systems within the next decade.
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