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The
company said it is bringing online new resources like battery
energy storage, including an additional 700 megawatts (MW) than
it had last summer.
California residents have worried about the effect of extreme
weather after power grid operators were forced to impose
rotating outages in the state during a brutal heat wave in
August 2020.
At the time, PG&E said it had just 6.5 MW of battery energy
storage connected to the power grid. By September, it expects to
have 1,700 MW online, or enough to meet the demand of 1.2
million homes at once, it said.
PG&E said it is modifying programs that offer financial
incentives for residential and business customers who reduce
energy use during peak demand.
PG&E said it can reduce energy demand on the grid by up to 900
MW, or demand for about 650,000 homes, through its load
management programs and contracts when large numbers of
customers participate, it said.
PG&E also said it expects to have adequate hydropower to help
meet peak summer demand periods.
(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru, editing by Deepa
Babington)
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