By Matthew Bandyk SNL Energy, SNL Financial LC
An AES Corp. subsidiary is proposing what would be one of the largest battery storage projects in the U.S. The project would provide peaking power for El Paso Electric Co.
In response to El Paso Electric's recent 
request for proposals for peaking capacity, AES Energy Storage submitted a bid to partially meet the utility's demands through the construction of a 100-MW battery storage project, AES Vice President of Solution Development Brett Galura said Sept. 20.
The 100 MW would come in the form of two 50-MW facilities that would store four hours of energy. El Paso Electric said it is seeking supply-side and demand-side proposals that best meet its peaking capacity need of 60 MW to 100 MW during its summer hours in 2014 and 2015 and 160 MW to 200 MW in 2016.
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