Georgia Power’s 500MW Battery Bombshell – What You Need to Know
RFP Details and Requirements Georgia Power’s Energy Storage System RFP (announced Sept. 23, 2025) calls for 500 MW of utility-scale battery energy storage prnewswire.com pv-magazine-usa.com. Per the RFP, each project must be capable of discharging at least two hours (so each has ≥1 GWh of capacity per 500 MW) prnewswire.com. Bidders can propose standalone batteries with grid charging, or batteries co-located with solar or other renewables (new or existing) prnewswire.com renewablesnow.com. All sites must interconnect to Southern Company’s transmission grid (Georgia Power’s parent system) utilitydive.com powersystems.technology. The draft RFP (via independent evaluator Ascend Analytics) targets projects online between 2028 and 2031, with