Battery systems seem likely to play a greater part in the grid in future, but I think it's worth noting that the problem here was "sudden loss of generation exc

Battery systems seem likely to play a greater part in the grid in future, but I think it's worth noting that the problem here was "sudden loss of generation exceeded the amount that the system operating specs require to be covered by having alternatives on standby". So unless we're collectively prepared to pay to raise the resilience by having more standby capacity, might we just find ourselves with more batteries and fewer turbines running inefficiently at half-load, so we take the benefit of battery tech in cheaper electricity rather than reduced chances of outage?