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What is a battery energy storage system?

A battery energy storage system (BESS) is an electrochemical device that charges or collects energy from the grid or a distrib-uted generation (DG) system and then discharges that energy later to provide electricity or other services when needed.

What is behind-the-meter battery energy storage?

Energy storage broadly refers to any technology that enables power system operators, utilities, developers, or customers to store energy for later use.

What is the energy storage toolkit?

The views expressed in this report do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the U.S. Government, or any agency thereof, including USAID. The Energy Storage Toolkit offers curated resources and guidance on integrating commercially avail-able energy storage technologies into the power system.

Are customers more inter-Ested in energy storage?

Customers may ultimately be less inter-ested in ownership of an energy storage system than accessing the services that energy storage can provide to them (such as backup power).

What is net energy metering?

Under net energy metering, customers receive bill credits for electricity exports in excess of on-site consumption. These credits can be used to offset consumption from the grid in the current or future billing cycles.

What is energy storage as a service?

Under energy-storage-as-a-service business models, developers or utilities own and operate BTM BESS in exchange for paying the upfront costs of the storage system.