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State Energy Storage Legislation: A Look Back at 2015

Renewable Energy World: 2015 was quite a year for energy storage, from Elon Musk’s Powerwall announcement to the recent gigawatt storage procurement commitment AES Energy made with LG Chem. GTM Research Senior Energy Storage Analyst Ravi Manghani called 2015 “a breakout year for the U.S. energy storage market.” According to GTM more energy storage was been deployed in the U.S. last year than in any previous year, a trend that’s expected to continue.

In addition to utilities and the energy industry, state legislatures also started paying more attention to energy storage last year. And it wasn’t just California passing energy storage legislation in 2015. Along with energy storage projects popping up across the country in as varied locations as Vermont, Kentucky, Washington, and Arizona, eight states passed significant storage-related bills last year.

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