Storage-enabled microgrids are popping up all over California to mitigate against the increased risk of power outages. Industria Power installed this BESS system at the San Pasqual Band tribal center last year. Image: Industria Power.
California utilities CPA and SCE have issued requests for microgrid and power resiliency projects using energy storage as the state continues to adapt to an increased risk of power shutoffs.
Community choice aggregator (CCA) Clean Power Alliance (CPA) has issued a request for offers (RFO) for developers to build power resiliency backup systems in communities in Southern California.
The CCA, a non-profit community-owned utility, is seeking the projects through its Power Ready programme whereby solar-plus-storage systems are installed at buildings which serve as critical public facilities during outages. The risk of outages has grown…