This initiative is a critical step toward scaling locally made battery energy storage solutions that strengthen grid reliability, support renewable energy integration, and store energy for use during periods of high demand while helping ease supply-related energy costs.

Richardson, a legacy manufacturer based in La Fox, is currently building the largest commercial battery storage system in Illinois. Its planned operational expansion will help scale the development and distribution of these products. Richardson is installing a 5-MWh research and development demonstration project, supported through the ComEd interconnection process.

The initiative is also supported by the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois, or REV Illinois, program, which is helping Richardson Electronics strengthen its La Fox operations, advance energy technology manufacturing and support continued economic growth in Illinois.