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Yucaipa‑Calimesa board approves $3.5 million SGIP battery storage project for high school
Summary
The Yucaipa‑Calimesa Joint Unified School District board voted 5‑0 to accept a $3.5 million Self‑Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) award and proceed with a battery energy storage system at the high school to improve resilience during outages and public safety power shutoffs.
The Yucaipa‑Calimesa Joint Unified School District board voted unanimously to accept a Self‑Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) award and approve an agreement to install a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the district high school.
District staff said the SGIP award brings about $3,500,000 to support the BESS, which will store power from the district’s solar arrays and enable the high school to remain powered during outages and extended public safety power shutoffs. "This system will allow you to have a high school to stay powered during outages by storing and using energy from our solar arrays," Adam Johnson told the…
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