{"id":335785,"date":"2026-05-28T11:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335785\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:06:06","slug":"california-regulators-approve-major-bay-area-battery-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335785\/","title":{"rendered":"California regulators approve major Bay Area battery development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California energy officials on Tuesday approved a large-scale battery project, celebrating its potential to help the state meet its renewable energy goals and improve grid reliability.<\/p>\n<p>What happened: The California Energy Commission green-lighted the Potentia-Viridi Battery Energy Storage System, a 400-megawatt Alameda County battery project backed by developer Clearway Energy Group.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters: The Newsom administration has made the construction of utility-scale batteries a centerpiece of its clean energy goals. They work by storing excess electricity produced by the state\u2019s solar panels during the day and discharging it when the sun goes down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s decarbonizing the grid \u2026 it\u2019s been a great facilitator for renewables,\u201d CEC Chair David Hochschild said during the Tuesday meeting before casting a vote in favor of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California energy officials on Tuesday approved a large-scale battery project, celebrating its potential to help the state meet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-335785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}