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During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday, Sen. Angus King (I-RI) asked President Trump's nominees for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission David LaCerte and Laura Swett about batteries.
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00:00Just just one quick follow-up on the technology we haven't talked about
00:05which is batteries and there's a discussion about baseload power and of
00:09course renewables plus batteries is baseload but batteries can also have an
00:14important role to play in transmission. Ms. Wett, can you discuss that in
00:20stabilizing the grid? Thank you for the question Senator. I've not looked into
00:27the battery engineering components as they relate to the grid but I would
00:32absolutely be open to any type of technology that would stabilize or
00:36enhance our existing grid if I had the honor of being confirmed. Mr. Lucert,
00:40thoughts on batteries? Yep, thank you Senator. I agree in premise that that
00:46batteries could be an important component of increasing the reliability of
00:50baseload. I think as our technologies evolve that those batteries will become
00:54more and more efficient and effective and I think it definitely warrants
00:58continued monitoring and usage and something that should be reviewed by FERC.
01:02Yeah, the development is occurring very rapidly in terms of the technology, the
01:05cost and the availability that batteries can provide in order to buffer whether
01:11it's renewables or any other problems that may be encountered on the grid. So I
01:16hope that's something you'll have in the back of your mind in terms of your
01:19regulatory authority. Batteries, I believe, are going to become a much bigger part of
01:24the grid than they are today and that's going to be happening fast. Thank you very
01:29much. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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