Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is seeking regulatory approval of two Energy Storage Agreements and a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity covering 350MW of energy storage capacity across three projects.

Another edition of news in brief from the UK, as the National Energy System Operator pledges to improve Balancing Mechanism ‘skip rates’ and a 1GW project gets local authority approval.

Aura Power-ib vogt JV, along with Neoen, have recently submitted applications with the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct three projects with a 425MW/1,250MWh cumulative battery storage capacity.

California Investor-owned utility Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking regulatory approval for a four-project portfolio of hybrid solar and storage resources with over 575MW of battery storage output.

Sun Cable has obtained its principal environmental approval from the Northern Territory government and NT Environment Protection Authority for its Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

NV Energy is seeking approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada of its 2024 IRP which it submitted on 31 May 2024.

Regulators have approved a plan to build three large-scale battery storage facilities by NS Power, the monopoly electric utility for the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has approved an application from Public Service Company of New Mexico to add 309.5MW of energy storage to the investor-owned utility’s portfolio by summer 2026.

A cost recovery application for 90MW of battery storage, filed by Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC), has been only partially approved by the eastern Caribbean island nation’s regulator.

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has approved the deployment of 430MW of 4-hour duration BESS technology, according to reports.