Global Infrastructure SherpaEntergy New Orleans to launch $28M distributed battery storage incentive program
Entergy New Orleans has been ordered by the New Orleans City Council to design a $28 million incentive program for installing hundreds of backup batteries in homes, businesses, and non-profits. This program, funded by a settlement with Entergy over nuclear plant issues, aims to enhance decentralized energy resilience and will utilize EnergyHub's software for battery orchestration. The initiative prioritizes social justice, reserving 40% of residential funds for low-to-moderate-income households and targeting 1,500 homes and 150 community institutions.
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- $28M program funded by nuclear plant settlement.
- 40% of residential funds reserved for low-to-moderate-income households.
- Targets 1,500 homes and 150 community institutions.
- EnergyHub software to orchestrate battery assets.
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The program is funded by a settlement Entergy reached with the city over issues at one of the company's nuclear plants, ensuring no cost to taxpayers. The program prioritizes social justice, reserving 40% of residential funds for low-to-moderate-income households. The initiative aims to enhance decentralized energy resilience and guarantee critical supply during hurricanes and heatwaves, functioning as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP). Quote: "No tendrá coste para el contribuyente, en un momento de gran sensibilidad económica, pues se pagará con un acuerdo que Entergy alcanzó con la ciudad por problemas en una de las plantas nucleares de la empresa." Quote: "El 40% de los fondos residenciales están reservados para hogares de ingresos bajos a moderados, asegurando que la tecnología de vanguardia no sea exclusiva de los sectores más favorecidos." Quote: "Este programa de central eléctrica virtual (VPP) busca garantizar el suministro crítico durante huracanes y olas de calor. Analizamos iniciativas similares en California, Texas, Vermont y Puerto Rico"
"el Concejo Municipal ha ordenado a la eléctrica local, Entergy New Orleans, el diseño de un ambicioso programa de incentivos"
"el Concejo Municipal ha ordenado a la eléctrica local, Entergy New Orleans, el diseño de un ambicioso programa de incentivos"
"El proyecto utilizará el software de EnergyHub para orquestar las baterías"
"Nathalie Jordi, de la organización Together New Orleans, subraya la importancia de trabajar para que 'cuando la energía se corta a largo plazo después de un huracán tengamos hogares de ancianos que no pierden su energía, ferreterías, bodegas o estaciones de bomberos operativas'"
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