Support for battery and pumped hydro storage is very important to get these industries off the ground. A sunset clause on "storage RECS" would be appropriate. The USA has enormous off-river pumped hydro potential.

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Should Battery Resources be eligible to receive Renewable Energy Certificates (REC)?
- Oct 7, 2021 4:06 pm GMT
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All RECs are not created equal. For example, the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program, and Oregon's Clean Fuel program impose a credit requirement on the fossil-fuel industry and allow renewable/clean generation (maybe even nuclear) to supply these credits based on carbon intensity. These credits are high value (e.g., ~$150/ton) when compared with other programs which may have less quantifiable metrics. Each REC or REC-like program has its own requirements.
Should battery resources be eligible to receive RECs? I agree with Willian and Bob -- no, not on their own (e.g., a utility-scale battery farm). However, EV charging activities (California and Oregon programs) are eligible because they displace use of fossil-fuels.
NO... RECs are based on the generation of each MWhr. Batteries do not generate energy, just store them. RECs are a tool in incentivizes and financing the generation of renewable energy, and they need to remain a generation incentive so that we continue to replace fossil fuel generation. I understand that batteries help increase generation. But battery providers can also negotiate a share of the RECs with generators if that is important to them.
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