Backup power for a school system
Case study
Resilience for five schools in California
A renewable energy developer was planning a site for a school district in California.
A renewable energy developer was contracted to deploy battery storage across five school campuses in a California public school district, under one of the strictest K-12 permitting authorities in the country. The District sought a reliable and battery storage solution to provide backup power, increase utilization of solar and enable peak shaving, and GridVest stepped in with a tailored battery storage solution. With multiple hurdles mid-process, GridVest was able to successfully liaison between the developer and manufacturers throughout.
GridVest sourced and optimized the battery, inverter, and EMS configuration, supported through the Division of State Architect (DSA) review, warehoused batteries domestically until each site was ready, and structured payment terms around the district’s disbursement milestones.
The result: zero rejected permitting submissions, two system configurations delivered across five sites without schedule slippage, and mid-project spec changes and a late EMS vendor switch absorbed with no additional costs or change orders to the customer.
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