If consumers are willing to purchase and install solar energy on their homes and they are also willing to purchase and install batteries so they can continue using that solar energy at night when the sun goes down, could those same batteries be used by the electric utility as a grid asset? In Utah and Idaho, the answer to that question is yes. And utility Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), which serves 1.2 million customers in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, has figured out how to tap into those batteries and use them when it needs them.
