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Washington's Proposed Fire Code Rewrite Would Point At NFPA 855, And The Cited Edition Decides Whether 600 Kilowatt-Hours Still Governs

Washington's proposed Section 1207 rewrite would point the state fire code at NFPA 855, with the cited edition determining whether a 600 kWh threshold survives, while Virginia localities write the same number into zoning

October 18, 2026

California Regulators Lock January 1 as the Start Date for PG&E's 2027 Rate Increase Before Deciding Its Size

CPUC Decision D.26-10-005 fixes January 1, 2027 as the operative date for PG&E's next general rate case revenue requirement before the amount is decided

Oct 16

Con Edison Moves to Make Its Pricing Pilot Permanent, and the Rate Levels Are Not Yet Public

Con Edison asks New York regulators to end new enrollment in its Innovative Pricing Pilot and convert Riders Z and AA and Rate I into permanent Smart Energy Plan rate classes, with demand-charge levels and covered classes still unpublished

Oct 15

Washington Would Swap Prescriptive Battery Fire Code For NFPA 855 References As The Standard Drops Its 600 kWh Threshold

Washington proposes replacing prescriptive Section 1207 fire code text with NFPA 855 references in the same cycle the standard removed its 600 kWh hazard-analysis trigger

Oct 14

ComEd's $300 per Kilowatt-Hour Storage Rebate Requires Grid-Only Charging; NYSERDA's $350 Block Requires a Qualifying Critical-Facility Host

ComEd's $300/kWh storage rebate rider and NYSERDA's $350/kWh Inclusive Storage block both pay on installed kilowatt-hours and gate eligibility on charging source and host facility type rather than on measured bill savings

Oct 13

Open Compute Project's Storage Paper Imports FM Global's Six-Foot Indoor Rack Clearance, With a Fire Test as the Only Route to Tighter Back-to-Back Spacing

An Open Compute Project requirements paper imports FM Global's indoor battery rack geometry, leaving an installation-level fire test as the documented route to tighter back-to-back spacing

Oct 12

A North Dakota Municipal Utility Adopted a Demand Charge on 50-Kilowatt Accounts, Then Froze It Through January 2028

Hillsboro, North Dakota adopted a demand charge on 50 kW commercial accounts after three postponements, then froze the 2026 rate through January 1, 2028

Oct 11
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