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Buffalo apartment battery, CEC's $6.8M for VPPs, Budderfly's $500M
Viridi and Good Carbon Co. said on October 20, 2026 they had installed a 3.75 MWh lithium-ion battery in Peace Bridge Place, a 105-unit affordable apartment building in Buffalo, New York. The California Energy Commission approved two virtual power plant grants worth $6.84 million on October 19, and Budderfly said on October 20 it will make $500 million available for municipal energy upgrades.
NineDot cuts ribbon on Bronx site it says will deliver nearly 20 MW
NineDot Energy said in a September 24, 2026 release that it cut the ribbon the previous day on a Hunts Point, Bronx battery storage site it calls its largest, which it says will be fully operational for summer 2027 and deliver nearly 20 MW to the local community, enough by its account for nearly 20,000 homes during peak grid hours. NineDot's projects page, read September 25, 2026, lists the site as under construction; NYSERDA's incentive dataset, as of September 4, 2026, carries four approved Retail Storage applications on Casanova Street totalling 19,584 kW AC and 78,336 kWh by our addition.
First Student says trenchless NYC bus charging cut build costs 13%
First Student and Con Edison said on September 15, 2026 that the first phase of an electric school bus project serving the New York City Department of Education is complete in Brooklyn and Queens, on First Student's above-ground First Charge equipment, which it says cut infrastructure construction costs by 13% by avoiding trenching; First Student plans 40 more electric buses for the department. The release names no dollar figures, no count of buses now operating, no charger count, no depot address, and no baseline for the 13%; the smart energy hub promised in 2024 is now under consideration.
NYC picks it's electric for its 600-point curbside charging expansion
it's electric said on September 15, 2026 that New York City and the New York Power Authority selected it to build the city's permanent curbside EV charging network, replacing the current pilot infrastructure over three years. NYC DOT's August 4, 2026 release set the expansion at 600 new curbside charging points, which it counts with the existing 88 Level 2 points as nearly 700 and the company's release calls 700. Gothamist, citing the DOT, reports contracts of $55.3 million for installation and $4.9 million for operating; DOT says it will keep operating the existing stations.
Wildflower breaks ground on 38-stall JFK Park fast-charging hub in Queens
Wildflower Ltd and the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced on September 9, 2026 the groundbreaking of JFK Park, a 2.6-acre EV charging hub adjacent to JFK Airport that is to open with 38 DC fast chargers, operated by Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging, with completion anticipated in late fall 2027. NYCEDC's March 2024 selection release had described an initial 65 EV-ready charging stations including 12 rapid ones, anticipated to complete in 2025; the 2026 release gives no cost and calls the project one of the largest public EV fast-charging stations in the city.
