California OKs 497 MW of storage for SCE, eyes hydrogen funding amid ongoing grid reliability push

May 26, 2022

Separately, state officials this week announced plans to try and tap federal funding to build a regional hydrogen hub. The bipartisan infrastructure law included multiple funding pots for hydrogen, including the $8 billion for regional clean hydrogen hubs, $1 billion for a clean hydrogen electrolysis program that lawmakers hope will reduce the cost of using clean electricity to create hydrogen, and $500 million for clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling efforts.

Newsom administration plans to work with state lawmakers, public and private parties, as well as municipalities like Los Angeles, to submit a state application for the funding, according to the announcement.

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