Whole House Battery Solutions: New NYS Guidelines

I see the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has published a new Energy Storage guidebook as of December 2020.

https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/-/media/Files/Programs/clean-energy-siting/battery-storage-guidebook.pdf

The book (pdf) outlines a “projected” path forward for permitting lithium-ion and older battery technologies, although no state or city law has been updated to accommodate early adapters.

I’m wondering if anyone on this board has successfully fought through the local red tape and installed a grid connected 20-40 kWatt lithium battery storage system in NYC….?

The practical application is “rate shifting” whole house energy costs to about 1.55¢ a kWh under ConEd’s “Time of Use” billing option.

The previous years stumbling block was 1) fire department regulation around the battery storage solution and 2) finding a UL1741 listed inverter.

By my first read of the above doc, the FD regs seem to have been sorted, and I see several UL listed inverters for general sale now.

Any comments? Thnx.

jjq

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I’m a surprised more people aren’t interested in this…

Imagine running your whole house electric for 25¢ per day.
And if you own heat pumps…. perhaps another 50-75¢ for heating and cooling.

That’s what we’re talking about once the legislation gets sorted out.

The on-the-shelf technology is here to do this TODAY.