California, Viejas Tribal Officials to Announce $31 Million Long Duration Energy Storage Project

For Rapid Launch: October 31, 2022

WHAT: Press occasion to announce approval of a $31 million grant for Indian Power to deploy a 60 megawatt-hour long-duration vitality storage battery system that may present 100% renewable back-up energy to maintain crucial operations for the Viejas Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians within the occasion of a grid emergency.

The venture, which is funded by one of many largest state grants ever awarded to learn a Tribal authorities, will assist exhibit the efficiency and potential of long-duration vitality storage techniques because the state transitions to 100% clear electrical energy.  

WHO: 

• Consultant, Viejas Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians 
• Consultant, Indian Power 
• Christina Snider, Tribal Affairs Secretary to Governor Gavin Newsom 
• Chair David Hochschild, California Power Fee  
• Geneva Thompson, Assistant Secretary for Tribal Affairs, California Pure Assets Company 

WHERE:   

In-person: 5000 Willows Highway, Alpine, CA 91901 

Streaming: Reside streaming on CEC YouTube Channel

WHEN:

Thursday, November 3, 2022 

9:30 a.m. Arrival 

10 a.m. Talking Program 

VISUALS:

Presentation of $31 million greenback test, Indian Power venture poster and Viejas Power Imaginative and prescient poster on easels. 

WHY:  

Accepted as a part of the 2022-23 State Finances, the Lengthy-Length Power Storage Program will present $140 million for revolutionary vitality storage techniques that assist grid reliability and the state’s transition to 100% clear electrical energy.  

Lengthy length vitality storage can present as much as 10 hours of energy in contrast with battery storage expertise which supplies a mean of 4 hours of energy. Power storage is a crucial piece of the state’s vitality combine, absorbing extra renewables out there through the day to be used at peak hours when the solar units and photo voltaic sources decline. Greater than 4,000 MW of battery storage is presently put in in California ISO territory. The state initiatives greater than 48 GW of battery storage and 4 GW of lengthy length storage might be wanted by 2045.  

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