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Battery Storage Basics Workshop

Since the recent Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Humboldt County residents have been asking how they can make their homes and businesses more energy resilient, how they can utilize the electricity from their solar panels when the grid is down, how vehicle to home storage solutions work, and where to start when investing in a battery storage system. This workshop will address these questions, and staff will be available for individual questions after the hour-long presentation. RCEA Project Manager Mike Avcollie will be the lead presenter. . Battery vendors are encouraged to display their products. . Next month, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is set to roll out changes to its battery storage incentives through the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP). These changes will focus on storage for microgrids and simpler emergency back-up systems, especially for lower-income customers and customers with critical resiliency needs. Qualified low-income residential customers will be able to apply for the new incentives by March 1, 2020 and commercial/industrial/government customers by April 1st, 2020. . There will also be brief updates on four of RCEA’s solar programs that support locally produced, sustainable electricity and pave the way for battery storage opportunities. Details on all these programs can also be found on RCEA’s website: - Net Energy Metering for residential and commercial solar customers - Feed-In Tariff Program for new, local renewable generation projects under 1 MW (megawatt) - Local Public Agency Solar Program helps agencies access funding for solar arrays and battery storage - 2.25 MW solar array with battery storage at the California Redwood Coast – Humboldt County Airport . The Battery Storage Basics workshop will be the first in a speaker series designed to answer Humboldt County’s critical energy questions. Refreshments will be provided. . For more information or speaker series topics, please contact the Redwood Coast Energy Authority Community Strategies Manager, Nancy Stephenson, at (707) 269-1700 ext. 352 or nstephenson@redwoodenergy.org.

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