加州电力市场独立系统运行机构（CAISO）的理事会为启用诸如电池和飞轮等新类型的储能资源为电网提供储备摇旗呐喊。这些储能资源提供适应性和快速开/关容量从而带来重要的运营收益。
CAISO把新服务称为“调频能源管理”，并相信它会使储能与需求响应成为辅助服务市场的更重要的参与者。辅助服务市场是ISO运行储量的组成部分。需求响应和储能正在成为整合因天气状况而波动的风能和太阳能输出的重要组成部分。
“可再生能源的整合带来了确保电网稳定的新的要求。”ISO主席兼首席执行官Yakout曼苏尔说，“我们的五年战略计划指出储能技术作为帮助平衡可再生能源的工具为电网管理带来了独特的运行解决方案。我们已经做好了从储能这种潜在的多功能资源中获得宝贵运作经验的准备。”
一旦联邦能源管制委员会批准了所需的价格变化和软件修改，约5-10兆瓦的储能系统就将开始在ISO市场中开始报价。ISO还将密切监测这些储能新技术的性能，从而为将储能设备带来的利益最大化而修改市场规则。
The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) Board of Governors waved the starting flag today to enable new types of storage resources, such as batteries and flywheels, to provide reserves for the power grid. The resources offer flexibility and fast on/off capabilities that are expected to provide significant operational benefits.
The ISO calls the new service “regulation energy management” and believes it will open up opportunities for storage as well as demand response to become a larger participant in the ancillary services market that makes up ISO operating reserves. Both demand response and storage are emerging quickly as key components in integrating wind and solar output that can fluctuate depending upon weather conditions.
“The integration of renewable resources introduces new requirements to reliably manage the grid,” said ISO President and CEO Yakout Mansour. “Our Five-Year Strategic Plan points out that storage technologies bring unique operational solutions to grid management as a tool for helping balance renewables on the system. We are ready to gain valuable operational experience with this potentially versatile resource.”
An estimated 5-10 megawatts of storage is expected to begin bidding into the ISO market once the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approves the required tariff changes and software modifications are made. The ISO will be closely monitoring the performance of these new technologies and adapt market rules as necessary to maximize the benefits they provide.