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CleanTech San Diego tells advisory committee battery storage incidents have fallen; local survey shows majority support
Summary
CleanTech San Diego presented safety trends and a countywide survey at the Nov. 13 Community Advisory Committee meeting, saying incident rates have fallen since 2020 and reporting majority public support for residential (60%+), commercial (63%) and countywide (66%) battery storage projects.
Jason Anderson, CEO of CleanTech San Diego, told the San Diego Community Power Community Advisory Committee on Nov. 13 that national data show battery energy storage project incident rates per unit of energy have fallen substantially since about 2020 and that updated codes and standards are a major factor.
"As battery storage capacity has grown pretty rapidly in recent years, the incident rate per gigawatt hour has dropped by 98%," Anderson said, citing Electric Power Research Institute data and noting that new standards such as NFPA 855 and UL certifications have changed how projects are built and sited.
Anderson framed battery storage as…
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