Thursday’s celebration to bring batteries into Georgia’s energy mix was a highly-anticipated milestone for Georgia Power.
A new 65 megawatt battery energy storage system named Mossy Branch Energy Facility in Talbot County is live. It features 6,700 batteries in 208 gray enclosures on 2.5 acres that store energy from the grid and provide energy when it’s needed during peak demand.
“On a cloudy day like today, our solar assets are not putting out 100% … if you hear the beautiful hum behind us these batteries are being charged by the grid and when we need them they can be discharged back onto the grid,” Kim Greene, CEO and president of Georgia Power, said to a group of local leaders at the Mossy Branch BESS facility opening. “It’s a wonderful asset.”
Georgia Power executives, members of the Public Service Commission, and local leaders from Talbot and Muscogee counties were present for the battery plant’s ribbon-cutting.
Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols emphasized Georgia is a reliability-centric state.