Consolidated Edison Inc. (ConEd) and 174 Power Global are set to move forward with the East River Energy Storage Project, a 100 MW battery storage system in New York City, after the state Public Service Commission (PSC) gave recent approval for the project. 

Irvine, CA-headquartered 174 Power Global, which specializes in renewable energy projects, has directed subsidiary East River ESS LLC to develop the battery system at the site of the former 885 MW natural gas- and oil-fired Charles Poletti Power Project in Astoria, in the western part of the city’s Queens borough. 

Through a seven-year contract between ConEd and 174 Power Global, the batteries will connect to a ConEd transmission substation, allowing ConEd to bid power from the batteries into New York State’s wholesale...