Four Arizona Health Clinics Installed 560 Kilowatt-Hours of Storage With No Upfront Capital and a 40 Percent Tax Credit
Arizona clinic microgrids show the energy community ITC bonus plus grant capital closing institutional storage deals as state program revenue thins
Only 155 US K-12 Schools Have Installed Battery Storage, Against More Than 10,800 With Solar
Generation180's Brighter Future report counts 155 US K-12 schools with battery storage against more than 10,800 with solar, with 109 of the 155 in California
New York City Ties Local Law 97 Battery Deductions to Measured Energy Rather Than Rated Capacity
NYC DOB Buildings Bulletin 2025-014 sets the method for converting battery storage into Local Law 97 emissions deductions, keyed to measured energy rather than rated capacity
California's Draft Building Performance Standard Covers Buildings Above 50,000 Square Feet, While Its New Remote-Inspection Right Stops Short of Commercial
California's draft SB 48 building performance standard measures large buildings on site energy use intensity and onsite emissions, neither of which a battery changes, while the state's new remote-inspection right covers residential projects only
Executive Order 14420 Bans Foreign-Made Grid Batteries and Inverters at 69 Kilovolts and Above, Leaving Distribution-Connected Storage Outside Its Scope
Executive Order 14420 prohibits foreign-produced grid batteries and inverters at 69 kV and above while excluding local distribution facilities, leaving building-scale storage screened by device authorization, cathode provenance and insurance underwriting instead of voltage
PG&E's Flexible Interconnection Program Has Seven Sites Operating After Two Years
PG&E's Flex Connect program reaches seven operating sites in two years, with cap enforcement and integration cost as the gating constraints on flexible interconnection
Norwegian Field Audit of Seven Batteries in Occupied Buildings Finds None Met NFPA 855 Spacing
SINTEF field audit of seven building-sited batteries in Norway finds none met NFPA 855 spacing and three claimed UL 9540A without holding cell, module or unit test reports