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Alejandro Lazo, CalMatters • November 2025
"California is a major hub for data centers — the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet. But just how much these power-hungry operations affect the state’s energy use..."
Hayley Smith, LA Times • November 2025
"California added 1,200 megawatts of battery energy storage to its electrical grid over the last six months, further building on its nation-leading capacity and pushing the state closer to..."
KNX News • October 2025
California hasn't needed a Flex Alert since 2022, in large part thanks to new battery storage facilities.
Hayley Smith, LA Times • October 2025
"For decades, rolling blackouts and urgent calls for energy conservation were part of life in California — a reluctant summer ritual almost as reliable as the heat waves that drove them..."
CEERT & Regenerate California • June 2025
"2024 marked the year of batteries, as they proved essential to grid reliability and significantly improved the efficiency of California’s electricity system..."
Garrett Hering, S&P Global • June 2025
"California should reduce its reliance on natural gas-fired power plants with a suite of regulatory reforms to expand energy storage, according to a new report highlighting the central role of batteries..."
Staff Report, Imperial Valley Press • June 2025
"Battery storage is outpacing gas-fired power plants in both cost and reliability, saving Californians money and reducing the risk of blackouts, according to a new report released..."
Sierra Club • June 2025
"SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Battery storage saves Californians money while improving public health compared to gas-fired power plants, according to a new report..."
Andrew Oxford, Bloomberg Government • July 2024
"The artificial intelligence boom that has bolstered California’s economic fortunes also threatens to undo some of the state’s environmental goals as the need for new computing power demands more energy..."
Unlock the Grid Coalition • 2024
The Unlock the Grid coalition is a diverse group of stakeholders who want to see California utilities implement GETs and advanced conductors as clean energy solutions that also bring rates down and help prevent wildfires.