According to foreign media reports, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) of the state utility Georgia Power Company. Under the plan, the company will deploy more renewable energy generation facilities and energy storage systems, and build and upgrade the state's transmission lines and grid infrastructure over the next three years.

Georgia Power, which submitted its 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) in February, plans to deploy 2.3GW of renewable energy generation facilities over the next three years, a goal of its long-term plan is to deploy 6GW of renewable energy generation facilities by 2035.

The Hickory Park solar power project deployed by Germany's Rheinland Group (RWE) in Georgia, which is equipped with a 40MW/80MWh battery energy storage system

In the plan, Georgia Power will also deploy a 500MW battery energy storage system. However, when the company submitted the plan in January, it said its plan to own and operate 1GW of battery storage by 2030 had actually been approved.

In addition to the approval to deploy the 500MW battery storage system, a specific request from the company was approved to allow the company to own and operate the McGrau Ford battery storage system, which is deployed at a Cherokee County substation. 265MW battery energy storage system.

The McGrau Ford battery storage system will be Georgia Power's largest battery storage project to date. The company has made its first request to own and operate battery storage assets in its 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved three battery storage projects totaling 80MW under the company's previous plans.

The deployment of the 65MW/260MWh Mossy Branch battery storage system, the first and largest project in Georgia Power's portfolio, is already progressing, and it was awarded in October last year. approve.

A 195.5MW solar photovoltaic system and 40MW/80MWh battery energy storage system developed by European energy developer Rheinland Group (RWE) came online in June this year. Georgia Power has signed a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the project, which will be owned and operated by RWE.

It has been revealed that the company has recently started negotiations and negotiations with Form Energy, a developer of new iron-based battery storage, on a planned 15MW/1,500MWh battery storage system project to be deployed.

Georgia Power phasing out coal-fired generation and working on transition

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) also approved Georgia Power's proposed deployment of a 250MW pilot distributed energy resource (DER) plan. The program will enable participating customers to access resiliency services through distributed energy sources such as solar power facilities and battery storage systems that Georgia Power owns, operates and maintains.

In addition, Georgia Power plans to retire all of the company's coal-fired generating units by 2028.

The company said it is important to continue investing in the deployment of renewable power generation facilities and building grid infrastructure by working constructively with the Georgia Public Service Commission as the company looks to expand its renewable power generation portfolio.

Every three years, Georgia Power submits an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Georgia Public Service Commission outlining how it will serve its 2.7 million customers with electricity over the next 20 years.