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Energy Commission outlines scaling of demand‑side grid support, DIVA projects and long‑duration storage
Summary
California Energy Commission and CPUC officials described how demand‑side grid support (DSGS), the distributed electricity backup assets program (DIVA), long‑duration energy storage pilots and hydrogen grants are expected to expand and how the programs interact with bond and budget proposals.
The California Energy Commission told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 that multiple clean‑energy programs are scaling up to provide grid reliability and resource diversity as the state adds clean generation.
Drew Bowen, executive director of the California Energy Commission, summarized the DSGS program and its growth since creation in 2022. Bowen said DSGS “stood this program up in August 2022, literally weeks after the legislature adopted the legislation authorizing us to do so,” and reported that by 2024 DSGS enrolled over 269,000 participants and more than 500 megawatts of capacity, including a roughly 200 MW virtual power plant…
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