California’s Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is proposing to add nearly 1,600 MW/6,400 MWh of battery energy storage across nine projects in the state.
The energy storage projects would come online between 2023 and 2026, coinciding with the expected retirements of gas plants in southern California and PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
Like other investor-owned utilities in the state, PG&E needs to comply with a 2021 California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) order directing the state’s electric companies to collectively procure 11.5 GW of new resources.
