The project is expected to be completed in 2025 and provide resource adequacy support to electric utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). It is also designed to provide fast-responding energy and ancillary services to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) market. . We have around 21 BESS and microgrid sites with 442 megawatts (MW) of utility-owned energy storage and another 40+ MW in development. Typically, these battery systems and microgrids are installed on SDG&E-owned property; they are adjacent to our existing substation facilities or in critical. . Starting April 3, PG&E opened the second wave of its Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP), offering a hefty $36 million to fund clean-energy microgrids in disadvantaged Bay Area communities. As PG&E explains, these localized energy systems can operate independently during power outages, ensuring that. . Microgrids allow the three California IOUs to continue delivering electricity when customers would otherwise be de-energized due to severe weather, wildfires, or other grid conditions. PG&E, SDG&E, and SCE are working together to support the development of microgrids in disadvantaged and vulnerable. . Authorized by Section 40101(d) of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants program is designed to strengthen and modernize America's power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters that are exacerbated by the climate. . esVolta announced it has secured a $110 million tax equity transaction with GreenPrint Capital Management.
