Maryland awarded 440 megawatts / 1,760 megawatt-hours in its first bulk energy-storage procurement, below its 800-megawatt target.

Maryland’s first bulk energy-storage procurement awarded 440 megawatts and 1,760 megawatt-hours. The megawatt figure describes power capacity, while megawatt-hours describe the awarded energy-storage quantity; the two figures are not interchangeable.

The procurement fell short of the state’s 800-megawatt target. Utility Dive identifies it as the first round of awards under the Maryland Next Generation Energy Act and places it against the continuing PJM capacity crunch.

An award is not evidence that the storage assets are already commissioned. The supplied summary does not disclose selected developers, individual project sizes, storage chemistry, contract prices, interconnection status, or operating dates.