Take a look at this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/power-plants/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/power-plant... The fact is

Take a look at this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/power-plants/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/power-plant... The fact is, most parts of the country don't have good energy storage options. Plenty, like Florida for example, are almost exclusively coal + natural gas and some nuclear. The advantage of these battery facilities is that they enable transitions away from coal and natural gas.