Utility company Ameren has received the green light to add a new-to-Missouri type of infrastructure to the electric grid: batteries.
The utility is expanding energy storage in the state. It is currently building its first battery facility in Missouri and recently received approval from state regulators for three more.
Last month the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC), the state agency that regulates corporate energy companies, approved Ameren’s plans to build two large-scale solar power plants and three battery systems throughout the state…