As of last January, utility-scale battery power storage made up 46% of applications for new power sources to be connected to the grid, as reported by ISO New England, which oversees the region’s wholesale power market. ISO New England lists about 30 active battery farm projects statewide in Connecticut where developers want to hook up to grid substations operated by Eversource and the United Illuminating subsidiary of Avangrid. This year, feasibility or impact studies for at least 10 more battery farms have been filed as well. A year ago, the Norwich-based Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative issued a request for developers interested in building as many as five battery farms for its customer territories, which include portions of Norwalk, Norwich, Groton, Griswold and Bozrah. Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration has been offering incentives to encourage battery storage systems, with the primary goal reducing electricity prices. Under a 2022 law passed by the Connecticut General Assembly, the state must achieve a carbon-emission-free electric grid by 2040 by phasing out polluting sources of power generation.
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