Battery Storage Can Maintain Reliability, Even After Fossils RetireNew analysis shows that Illinois can maintain reliability
New analysis shows that Illinois can maintain reliability even after retiring fossil resources by deploying 3 GW of 4-hour battery storage., charting a path toward 100% clean energy by 2045. CEJA mandates the staggered retirement of Illinois’ fleet of fossil fuel plants, prioritizing the dirtiest plants and those located near environmental justice communities.
From a resource adequacy perspective, our new analysis demonstrates that adding around 3 GW of storage capacity in the Illinois zone by 2030—along with weighted generator additions from both MISO and PJM’s interconnection queues—can resolve the reliability challenges associated with retiring generation under CEJA.
States must also do their part to coordinate with RTOs. Illinois must be proactive to ensure that retiring resources communicate with their respective RTOs, so that clean replacement resources can overcome permitting hurdles and interconnect as soon as possible. The Illinois Commerce Commission, through the Renewable Energy Access Plan , has already committed to better coordination with its RTOs to improve both interconnection and transmission planning processes.
The first thing PJM can do is simple: comply with FERC’s landmark transmission planning rule, Order 1920. Our colleague Tom RutiglianoThe second thing PJM can do is plan for resource retirements and new entries together, as NRDC and partner organizations. This common-sense planning is not happening in PJM, where the planning for resource retirements and replacements happens in different stakeholder groups with different timelines.
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