Energy Storage Target

September 10, 2024

Summary

H.B. 910, enacted in May 2023, directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) to establish energy storage procurement targets, with a goal of achieving:

750 MW by the end of delivery year 2027
1,500 MW by the end of delivery year 2030
3,000 MW by the end of delivery year 2033

The PSC may adopt a smaller target if the above targets cannot be met cost effectively. In which case, the PSC should adopt a target it deems to be the maximum cost-effective amount of energy storage that can be deployed by the end of the delivery year.

To meet the energy storage targets, the PSC is to establish an Energy Storage Program consisting of a competitive procurement program. The Energy Storage Program may also include a system of energy storage credits and market-based incentives, a requirement for investor-owned utilities to install or contract for energy storage projects or credits, or any other mechanism or policy the PSC deems appropriate. The PSC is developing the Energy Storage Program in Case Number 9715.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector:	State
Category:	Regulatory Policy
State:	Maryland
Incentive Type:	Energy Storage Target
Web Site:	https://www.psc.state.md.us/electricity/
Administrator:
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:	Lithium-ion

Authorities

Name:	Md. Public Utilities Code § 7-216 .1
Date Enacted:	05/08/2023
Effective Date:	10/01/2023

Contact

Name:	Public Information Officer
Organization:	Public Service Commission
Address:	6 Saint Paul Street, 16th Floor Baltimore MD 21202
Phone:	(410) 767-8000

This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.