Potential Battery Energy Storage Grid Services

Grid-interconnected battery storage is capable of providing many grid services, but most services are not valued by our markets.

Valued in markets Proposed or early adoption in markets Not valued in markets

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This is a subset and illustrative set of grid services provided by battery storage. Other services include but are not limited to Inertial Response, Fast Frequency Response, Primary Frequency Response, Frequency Regulation, Contingent Spinning Reserves, Replacement Nonspin Reserves, Distribution Loss Reduction, Power Quality, Reliability, Time-of-Use and Real-Time Pricing, and Demand Charge Management.

Definition Sources: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix.
Ancillary Services are services that ensure reliability and support the transmission of electricity from generation sites to customer loads. (EIA)