The Poway City Council on Sept. 17 gave final approval for construction of a 300-megawatt battery energy storage system in ...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors passed a measure recently aimed at bolstering safety regulations for future battery ...

A fire at a battery storage facility in Otay Mesa burned for two weeks straight back in May. Last week, another at an ...

Last May, the one in Otay Mesa took 17 days to extinguish ... Poway Fire Chief Jeff Chumbley says a battery storage facility ...

Earlier this week, the Board of Supervisors was faced with critical decisions on how to handle the growing concerns around battery storage facilities across the County. Battery storage is becoming a ...

After last week's lithium battery fire at an SDG&E battery storage facility in Escondido, the Board of Supervisors will ...

Renewable energy supporters say battery facilities are essential to ... projects to social media during the Otay Mesa fire. “This battery storage facility here, this is going to be proposed ...

The action in front of the supervisors on Wednesday will present several options to the board. The body can request ...

The Wednesday agenda item had already scheduled for the board, but gained more urgency following the Thursday afternoon fire ...

Some county leaders are considering a moratorium after a couple of fires have broken out at battery storage facilities across ...

San Diego Gas & Electric and the Escondido Fire Department announced Saturday that a stubborn fire in a lithium battery power ...

Since 2021, there have been 45 fires at similar BESS facilities, including one at the Otay Mesa battery storage earlier this ...