ALBANY, New York, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $16.6 million in awards for five long duration energy storage projects that will help harness renewable energy and provide stored energy to New York's electric grid. Governor Hochul also announced an additional $17 million in competitive funding available for projects that advance development and demonstration of scalable innovative long duration  more PR