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Bear Valley Electric outlines generator, solar and battery projects to shore up local grid
Summary
Bear Valley Electric Services told the Big Bear Lake City Council it has improved safety records and is pursuing solar-plus-storage and line upgrades — including an 8.4 MW generator, a proposed 5 MW solar project and a 20 MWh battery — to reduce vulnerability to PSPS events.
Bear Valley Electric Services officials told the Big Bear Lake City Council that multiple projects and operational practices are improving local reliability and reducing the need for public-safety power shutoffs (PSPS).
Paul Marconi, president, treasurer and secretary of Bear Valley Electric Services, said the utility has gone more than 426 days without a lost-time accident and has had no employee fatalities in over 20 years. He described a multi-pronged strategy to reduce outage risk: an aggressive vegetation management and inspection program, covered conductor installations…
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