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Arizona OKs home battery incentives as Green Mountain Power program shows millions in customer savings

Utility Dive: Energy storage stands to make Arizona's grid more reliable and resilient, according to the state's corporation commission. The state's new pilot program, ACC commissioner Márquez Peterson said, is intended to test incentives for energy storage, while allowing electric utilities to explore potential benefits to the grid.

“Technology is still developing in energy storage and increased adoption will drive the price lower for families over time,” Márquez Peterson said in a statement. “In order to transition to a cleaner energy future, we need solutions that can not only heat and cool our homes during the hottest summers and coldest winters, but also solutions that can do so late into the evening hours, long after the sun has set.”

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