California targets up to 2 GW of long-duration storage as part of 10.6 GW clean energy procurement

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The forthcoming solicitations are part of a centralized procurement strategy authorized in a law passed by the California legislature earlier this year. The California Department of Water Resources will lead the procurement through its Statewide Energy Office, which focuses on “emerging and existing technologies that need scaling to lower costs,” the CPUC said.

The CPUC advised DWR to conduct a series of solicitations and evaluate bids for quality, cost, and risk, subject to a CPUC review.

Having one agency lead the procurement “will streamline the acquisition of advanced energy resources, potentially lowering future costs for ratepayers and accelerating the development timeline for clean energy technologies,” the CPUC said.

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Source: Utility Dive

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