Strengthening the Power Grid With Large-Scale Batteries
Strengthening the Power Grid With Large-Scale Batteries
On a scorching day in September 2020, California experienced an unprecedented shortage of electricity due to a heat wave, increasing air conditioning use and driving demand for electricity in Southern California and across the West. This led to the call for rotating outages in California — the first for Southern California Edison customers since 2006.
SCE's Reliability Utility Owned Energy Storage (RUOES) program is strengthening the grid with large-scale batteries.

