| Managing peak demand is becoming increasingly difficult. Just ask Texas. ERCOT called for voluntary conservation almost a dozen times in the past few weeks and advanced into emergency conditions on September 6. Battery storage could provide some relief. In Massachusetts a “clean peak incentive” is driving the development of a 45-MW storage facility on land that formerly housed a coal-fired power plant. It’s a model that could be replicated elsewhere but utilities and regulators need to get the incentive right. Learn more in our lead story today. | 