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Bear Valley Electric briefs council on safety record, solar and battery proposals
Summary
Bear Valley Electric Services updated the council on safety and grid-hardening efforts, reported 426 days without an accident-related injury and discussed a 5 MW solar project and a 20 MWh battery proposed for the local power plant; company representatives said the battery will use iron-phosphate chemistry and noted continued coordination with San Bernardino County on permitting.
Bear Valley Electric Services told the Big Bear Lake City Council that public and worker safety remains the utilitys top priority during a presentation that outlined recent mitigation work and proposed projects to improve local resilience.
Paul Marconi, the utilitys president, said the company has gone "426 days accident injury free" and noted it has not caused a wildfire. He described aggressive vegetation management, circuit inspection programs, and conductor upgrades the utility says increase threshold performance for…
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