The US energy storage industry is becoming better equipped to handle the policy uncertainty which has characterised the year so far, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

Swift Current Energy has secured US$242 million for what the developer claimed will be the biggest BESS project in the PJM service area.

A report from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Aurora Energy Research indicates that the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is projected to experience the highest percentage increase in peak load growth over the next decade among all Regional Transmission Organisations (RTOs).

Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) have withdrawn plans to deploy a new 400MW/1,600MWh BESS.

Perhaps best known outside the US for peaches and its emergence as a rival to Hollywood, Georgia is also thirsty for electric capacity and has become a hub for battery manufacturing, writes Allan Oduor of Enertis Applus+.

Ascend Analytics recently released its ERCOT Market Report, Release 5.2, containing power market forecasts from the company.

Battery storage will help ERCOT manage a doubling of peak demand in Texas in the next five years, said the keynote speaker on Day One of the Energy Storage Summit USA 2025 which kicked off today in Dallas (26 March).

Florida’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light (FPL), is ramping up its energy storage ambitions across the Sunshine State, with plans to deploy over 2.2GW of new BESS between 2026 and 2027.

Georgia Power update to its integrated resource plan (IRP) would see the company procure up to 1GW of battery storage resources.

Boralex, EDF and Atura Power have submitted plans for BESS projects to the Town of Greater Napanee, Ontario.