ACP's Model Battery Ordinance Is Scoped to Systems of 1 Megawatt and Above, Leaving Building-Scale Storage Outside the Template
ACP's 2026 model battery storage ordinance is scoped to systems of 1 MW or larger, leaving building-scale commercial storage outside the industry's standardized permitting template as segment growth has to come from outside California
Electrician Costs Have Tripled Over Roughly a Decade, and Installation Labor Is a Quarter of Commercial Storage Project Cost
Electrician wage inflation driven by data center construction is hitting installation labor, roughly a quarter of commercial battery storage project cost, while domestic factory delays constrain the hardware line in the same stack
FCC's Inverter Ban Takes Effect, With Wireless Connectivity as the Line for Battery Storage
The FCC inverter and BESS equipment-authorization block became operative August 5 with no transition period, with wireless connectivity as the line that decides which battery systems fall inside it
California's Main Non-Residential Battery Storage Rebate Category Has Closed, With One Narrow Carve-Out Still Open
California's main SGIP non-residential storage category is closed or waitlisted across program administrators, leaving only the San Joaquin Valley carve-out open and forcing commercial battery projects to underwrite on tariff savings and the federal credit
ERCOT's Record July Peak Is Set to Shape 2027 Transmission Charges for Large Texas Customers, and the Peak Interval May Be Drifting Later
ERCOT's record July 2026 peak is set to shape 2027 transmission billing determinants for large Texas commercial customers, while storage charging load can decouple the settled 4CP interval from the operational peak
Two July Lithium Fires in Commercial Buildings Came From Stored Cells, Not Storage Systems
Two July lithium fires in commercial buildings involved stored cells rather than stationary storage systems, a category the storage codes do not govern even as testing requirements for installed systems tighten
FCC Places Foreign-Produced Power Inverters on Its Covered List
The FCC added foreign-produced connected power inverters to its national-security Covered List on July 28, barring new device models from equipment authorization and adding a device-level domestic-content test to battery storage procurement