QUESTION
Is the administration considering battery energy storage systems to enhance grid reliability and accelerate the decommissioning of peaker plants?
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The city is prioritizing the deployment of battery storage solutions to speed up the decommissioning of peaker plants and improve grid reliability.
- Peaker plants, often located in environmental justice communities, contribute to air quality issues.
- The administration is exploring technology like battery energy storage systems as a part of their creative solutions.
- The goal is to close peaker plants as quickly as possible to mitigate their negative environmental impact.
Alexa Avilés
0:46:31
I'd love to talk a little bit about Peaker Plants.
0:46:34
I represent a district that is home to what was supposed to be a temporary peaker plant, which has become a permanent fixture, and we all know how highly polluting these plants are.
0:46:48
So I'd like to know, is the administration considering technology such as battery energy energy storage systems and how they can increase grid reliability to accelerate the decommissioning of the peaker plants and if you could give us an update on where that process is.
Sanna Barakat
0:47:07
Sure.
0:47:07
That's a very important issue, and it have a a light transmission.
0:47:11
Sure.
Elijah Hutchinson
0:47:13
Hi.
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Thank you for that question.
0:47:15
I I really appreciate it, and we we share your concerns.
0:47:19
The city is very concerned with the implications of keeping these speaker plants online.
0:47:24
They're largely cited in environmental justice communities, as you stated.
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That already suffered from significant air quality issues.
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And extreme heat.
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So we're prioritizing creative solutions that will lead to the closure of these plants as quickly as possible.
0:47:39
One of these is through battery storage deployment, and the administration is absolutely considering how we can have technologies such as battery storage, increased grid reliability, and speed up the commit did the commissioning of these of these speaker plants as soon as possible.
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