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CAISO's own documents quote battery capacity in MW. So I don't think you can just blame journalists. "Battery storage capacity grew from about 500 MW in 2020 t
by sgustard 11mo ago
CAISO's own documents quote battery capacity in MW. So I don't think you can just blame journalists.
"Battery storage capacity grew from about 500 MW in 2020 to 13,000 MW in December 2024"
https://www.caiso.com/documents/2024-special-report-on-battery-storage-may-29-2025.pdf https://www.caiso.com/documents/2024-special-report-on-batte...
As another commenter notes, utilities are interested in "capacity on call" i.e. instant power generation.