Faced with rising summer temperatures and increased strain on Arizona’s power grid, utility Tucson Electric Power hosted a ribbon-cutting Wednesday for its newest battery energy storage facility, Roadrunner Reserve.
At the event, Governor Katie Hobbs declared the project “powering the future of Arizona.” “It’s been said a couple times that this project is powering the future of Arizona,” Hobbs said. “And that is absolutely true.”
Government officials and TEP representatives gathered at the facility, located on the southeast side of Tucson, where the utility is storing solar-generated energy during off-peak hours for use later in the day…