{"id":191558,"date":"2025-05-19T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=191558"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:57:08","slug":"since-governor-newsom-took-office-californias-battery-storage-has-increased-1944-as-he-touts-clean-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=191558","title":{"rendered":"Since Governor Newsom Took Office, California\u2019s Battery Storage has Increased 1,944% as He Touts Clean Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sacramento, CA…California continues to rapidly expand its energy storage statewide, adding 2,300 megawatts (MW) since last September<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for a total of 15,763 MW of battery storage capacity, according to\u00a0new data released today<\/strong><\/a>. This reflects a 1,944% increase since the start of the Newsom Administration \u2013 up from 770 MW in 2019.<\/p>\n

Energy storage \u2013 particularly battery storage \u2013 has become a key resource in the state\u2019s energy transformation. Battery systems capture power produced by wind and solar resources and discharge the energy back to the electric grid during times of peak demand \u2013 creating a safer and more reliable power grid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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California is adding battery storage at a pace never seen before as we continue our work to build the grid of the future. The key to a cleaner, more reliable power grid is batteries \u2013 and no other jurisdiction on the planet, save China, comes even close to our rapid deployment.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On a smaller scale, tens of thousands of residential and commercial battery systems provide backup power and flexibility to homes, schools and businesses. They make up about 2,500 MW of total storage statewide, or about 16% of the battery storage total.<\/p>\n

The state projects that more than 48,000 MW of battery storage and 4,000 MW of\u00a0long duration storage<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will be needed by 2045. Long duration energy storage systems are especially important, as they can provide up to 10 hours of power\u2013more than double the four hours of power provided by traditional battery storage technology.<\/p>\n

As California\u00a0builds out the grid of the future<\/strong><\/a>, it is focusing efforts on proactively addressing safety for utility-scale battery storage systems through comprehensive state level collaborations and regulatory updates. Building battery storage is a critical part of the Governor\u2019s\u00a0build more, faster agenda<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0delivering infrastructure upgrades and creating thousands of jobs across the state.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom recently convened a state-level collaborative to find opportunities to improve safety as the technology continues to evolve. Last month, the\u00a0California Public Utilities Commission implemented new safety standards<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for battery storage facilities. Other key initiatives include an update to the California Fire Code happening this year, expected to include enhanced BESS safety standards.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s climate leadership<\/h2>\n

Pollution is down and the economy is up. Greenhouse gas emissions in California are\u00a0down 20% since 2000<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 even as the state\u2019s GDP increased 78% in that same time period.<\/p>\n

The state continues to set clean energy records. Last year, California ran on 100% clean electricity for the\u00a0equivalent of 51 days<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 with the grid running on 100% clean energy for some period three out of every five days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…California continues to rapidly expand its energy storage statewide, adding 2,300 megawatts (MW) since last September\u00a0for a total of 15,763 MW of battery storage capacity, according to\u00a0new data released today. This reflects a 1,944% increase since the start of the Newsom Administration \u2013 up from 770 MW in 2019. Energy storage \u2013 particularly battery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Clean-Energy-Milestone-v2.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191560,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191558\/revisions\/191560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/191559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}