Customer Battery Infrastructure Program
PG&E seeks technical solutions and implementation strategies for utility-owned and operated backup battery systems that serve wildfire-affected customers while capturing grid benefits for all ratepayers. The program builds on PG&E's existing subsidized and rebate-based battery offerings deployed since 2020 across its service territory, now targeting permanent installations that unlock demand response and grid stability value beyond customer resilience. Responses inform program design and an RFP anticipated in 2026.
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PG&E plans to develop a program for utility-owned and operated back-up power equipment, benefiting both impacted customers and non-participants. Since 2020, PG&E has implemented back-up power battery programs to address frequent outages affecting customers as part of the Community Wildfire Safety Program, which includes planned Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events and unplanned Enhanced Powerline Safety Setting (EPSS) outages. PG&E's programs include both portable and permanent batteries, offering fully subsidized systems and rebate options – in all cases, the customer owns and operates the equipment. These models provide reliability to the impacted customers but make it difficult to harness additional grid benefits that permanent batteries can offer for the benefit of all customers. PG&E discussed this program concept in Chapter 6, Section D of their 2027 General Rate Case (GRC) testimony. The RFI seeks technical solutions from the market focusing on technologies that can deliver the desired outcomes, strategies for implementation including delivering grid benefits, and program delivery to inform the future program design and an upcoming Request for Proposal, expected to follow in 2026.
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