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GFO-23-317 – Energy Storage Innovations to Support Grid Reliability

CA Energy Commission · 75921

Eligibility details

This solicitation is open to all public and private entities with the exception of local publicly owned electric utilities.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 10%. Group 1: Match funding is required in the amount of at least 10% of the requested CEC funds. Group 2: Match funding is required in the amount of at least 25% of the requested CEC funds.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

This solicitation will enable more strategic and high-value implementation of energy storage in transmission, distribution, and customer domains to support grid reliability and achievement of clean energy policy goals. Additionally, it will support demonstrations that benefit historically under-resourced communities at risk of being left behind in the clean energy transition. Funded projects could advance short- and long-duration energy storage technologies in terms of cost, performance, safety, and supply chain diversification, and should demonstrate the benefits of various energy storage use cases to support grid reliability. Projects must fall within the following project groups: · Group 1: Applied Research and Development (R&D) to Improve Energy Storage Value, Safety, and Sustainability; and · Group 2: Multiple-Use Case Demonstrations for Equitable Energy Storage Value Stacking.

Funding geography: No local publicly owned electric utilities.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.