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Storage solutions to solar gridlock

Brad Heavner, Executive Director, California Solar and Storage Association argues distributed solar paired with storage can ease congestion on the grid.

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pv magazine

05 Feb 2026

Photo: CALSSA

Customer solar has been keeping pace with load growth in California, but that is about to change. As grid management gets more challenging, the answer is customer-sited solar, storage and load controls, which are a key part of energy affordability for all. In the past decade in California, electricity consumption grew 17%, but that growth …

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