Part of Grid Network »

Transmission Professionals Group

The Transmission Professionals special interest group covers the distribution of power from generation to final destination. 

Author Profile
Len Januzik's picture
Len Januzik
Owner J&L Resources, inc

About me

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE including work at:   - Commonwealth Edison,   - MAIN Regional Reliability Organization (RRO),   - NERC planning committee member and other NERC...

  • Member since 2020
  • 5 items added with 711 views

Status

  • Clean Power Professionals Expert
  • Transmission Professionals Expert

Top Members

Post

Batteries can be a very versatile transmission resource

  • Jul 9, 2020 4:00 pm GMT
  • 712 views

This item is part of the Special Issue - 2020-07 - Energy Storage, click here for more

Batteries are very versatile transmission resources, and based on preliminary screening studies we’ve done in the PJM footprint, one potential use for batteries and similar storage devices is for daily peak shaving. Reasonably short investment recovery periods appear to be available in several PJM load zones based on 2018 hourly incremental cost numbers. 

This is a perfect example of one of many types of opportunities that batteries could provide while still allowing other secondary uses such as spinning reserve, or black start, or even contingency mitigation. It must be recognized that these potential uses vary from one place on the network to the other and must be vetted adequately to recognize their usefulness but, batteries are clearly a versatile tool that can now be used in many transmission applications.

Len Januzik's picture
Thank Len for the Post!
Energy Central contributors share their experience and insights for the benefit of other Members (like you). Please show them your appreciation by leaving a comment, 'liking' this post, or following this Member.
More posts from this member

Discussions

Spell checking: Press the CTRL or COMMAND key then click on the underlined misspelled word.
Roger Arnold's picture
Roger Arnold on Jul 14, 2020

A succinct post that merits a succinct reply: I agree.

Get Published - Build a Following

The Energy Central Power Industry Network is based on one core idea - power industry professionals helping each other and advancing the industry by sharing and learning from each other.

If you have an experience or insight to share or have learned something from a conference or seminar, your peers and colleagues on Energy Central want to hear about it. It's also easy to share a link to an article you've liked or an industry resource that you think would be helpful.

                 Learn more about posting on Energy Central »

Your access to Member Features is limited.

Apply for membership
Energy Central Jobs
Featured Jobs
More Jobs