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NYSERDA Bulk Energy Storage Incentive Program

Program Name: NYSERDA Bulk Energy Storage Incentive Program
Program Sponsor: NYSERDA
Program Type:          Rebates/Incentives
Technology:               Energy Storage
Fuel:                        Electricity
Eligibility:  Must be installed within NY state/NYSIO region and be grid connected
Cost: Free

As of 2023, NYSERDA’s Bulk Energy Storage Incentive Program is closed.

Description

The Bulk Energy Storage Incentive program offered financial incentives for new energy storage projects greater than 5 MW that connected to the grid. Eligible energy storage systems provided services to the wholesale energy market, ancillary services, or distribution level service.

Eligibility

  • Developers with projects that interconnected into New York’s bulk transmission system or an investor-owned utility’s transmission or distribution system (NYISO).

Eligible projects were required to meet the following requirements:

  • Above 5 MW and providing wholesale energy, ancillary services, and/or capacity services.
  • Commercially available chemical, thermal, or mechanical systems physically located within New York State and interconnected into New York’s bulk transmission system or an IOU’s transmission or distribution system.
  • In Stage 9 in the NYISO interconnection queue or later (see https://www.nyiso.com/interconnections) or had begun the equivalent distribution utility study if connecting directly into the distribution system
  • Executed agreement demonstrating site control for the duration of the project’s lifespan.

If applicable, proof that the required Article 10 Application had been deemed compliant.

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