California Energy Storage Permitting Guidebook: Permitting Guidance for Behind-the-Meter: An Initiative by the California Energy Commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program

Publication Number
CEC-500-2023-059
Updated
January 21, 2026
Publication Year
2023
Publication Division
Energy Research and Development (500)
Program
Electric Program Investment Charge - EPIC
Contract Number
EPC-19-026
Abstract

This guidebook was developed to enable accelerated adoption of behind-the-meter energy storage systems of less than 1 megawatt in size. The guidebook is designed to help building safety agencies and developers, designers, and installers of energy storage systems coalesce around a shared set of best practices so that behind-the-meter energy storage systems can be permitted efficiently and installed safely.

Author(s)
Kara Crohn, Nicholas L. Cain

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