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Senate hears bill to form energy reliability and large‑scale storage task force and to use renewable energy fund for consultants
Summary
Senate Bill 233 would create an energy reliability and large‑scale storage task force to study long‑duration storage, interconnection, market incentives and pilot designs. Sponsors and industry witnesses urged a timely study; the bill designates $250,000 from the state renewable energy fund for consulting support.
Sen. David Waters, District 4, introduced Senate Bill 233 to establish an energy reliability and large‑scale storage task force, saying New Hampshire faces “reliability shortages” as demand grows and dispatchable generation retires.
“We are starting to see the emergence of long duration storage technology,” Waters said, describing lithium‑ion batteries that typically provide two to four hours of storage, iron‑air systems that can reach about 10 hours, and new flow battery technologies that aim for multi‑day capability. The bill creates a new RSA chapter for storage,…
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