subject: Lithium-ion deal plugs batteries into U.S. grid [print this page] Regulators also need to hammer out ways to enable risk-averse utilities to acquire new technologies such as lithium ion, something utilities are reluctant to do that with rate payer's money today. AES is negotiating deals to resell A123's battery systems to electric utilities, but so far it has only installed the systems at its own power generation plants.
