Energy storage startup Base Power expands to Illinois, targeting PJM grid strained by data center demand
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Tim De Chant
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Energy storage startup Base Power is expanding into Illinois, marking its first entry into the PJM Interconnection grid territory — the largest U.S. grid operator by territory. PJM has struggled with surging electricity demand from data centers, particularly in Northern Virginia. Base Power is bypassing PJM's troubled interconnection queue by placing battery systems at people's homes, offering backup power services in exchange for access to the batteries' capacity. This approach allows faster deployment of energy storage to help stabilize a grid under pressure from data center growth and limited new generation sources.
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· 3 pulledBase Power is skipping the PJM's troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people's homes, offering backup services in exchange.
PJM Interconnection is the largest U.S. grid operator by territory, and one that has particularly struggled to cope with an onslaught of new data centers.
That density, coupled with a paucity of new generating sources, has caused wholesale electricity prices in PJM to rise significantly.
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