SR0108 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0108 LRB102 16488 ECR 21880 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Recently, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a tariff order for Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to treat electric storage resources as transmission facilities under certain circumstances; and

WHEREAS, The Regional Transmission Operator recognition of energy storage systems as transmission assets has the potential to catalyze the development of new energy storage systems and technology in Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Illinois is home to Argonne National Laboratory, which partnered with researchers from many disciplines to form the Joint Center for Energy Storage and Research, an Energy Innovation Hub committed to developing new energy storage technology; and

WHEREAS, Energy storage systems can help to increase grid resilience, decrease reliance on carbon-emitting energy generators, and provide transmission and distribution benefits; and

WHEREAS, Energy storage can facilitate or enable the use of utility-scale wind and solar projects by firming the resource at or before the points of interconnection with the transmission network; and

WHEREAS, Energy storage systems can contribute to peak demand reduction and other load balancing efforts; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge both PJM Interconnection and MISO to continue their respective planning processes to recognize energy storage systems as transmission assets so that Illinois may encourage increased energy storage system deployment; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we urge both MISO and PJM Interconnection to adopt policies that encourage the development of energy storage systems in a cost-effective manner that ensures grid reliability; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to MISO and PJM Interconnection.