IL SR0108

Urges PJM Interconnection and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to continue planning processes that recognize energy storage systems as transmission assets to encourage increased deployment in Illinois

References a recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) tariff order allowing MISO to treat electric storage resources as transmission facilities under certain circumstances

Highlights Illinois as home to Argonne National Laboratory and the Joint Center for Energy Storage and Research, an Energy Innovation Hub focused on developing new energy storage technology

Notes that energy storage systems can increase grid resilience, reduce reliance on carbon-emitting generators, support utility-scale wind and solar projects, and contribute to peak demand reduction

Requests that copies of the resolution be delivered to MISO and PJM Interconnection