The system includes 11 Tesla Megapacks, each of which contains 19 battery modules and its own inverter. The battery sits inside the utility’s substation in Fox Hills, a dense neighborhood in the borough of some 476,000 people. “We are deploying batteries to help maintain the industry-leading reliable electric service that our region needs and our customers deserve,” Matthew Ketschke, Con Edison’s president, said on Tuesday during the NYC Solar and Storage Summit in Manhattan. As the sweltering heat pushes people to consume more power, the battery can return that electricity over a period of four hours. The system will fill up with grid power at night, when demand is typically low and electricity is less expensive.
New York City’s biggest battery system is about to enter into service - just in time to alleviate stress on the electric grid from millions of whirring air-conditioners and spinning fans during the summer season.Ĭon Edison, the city’s biggest utility, said it will flip the switch next week on a 7.5-megawatt/30-megawatt-hour battery system in Staten Island.
