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The Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Energy Storage Program would like to acknowledge the external advisory board that contributed to the topic identification,
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The energy storage industry is committed to working with state and local oficials to review the existing fleet of battery energy storage facilities across California for potential safety risks and to take
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