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"A Big Test for Big Batteries"

"ESCONDIDO, Calif. — In Southern California in the fall of 2015, a giant natural gas leak not only caused one of the worst environmental disasters in the nation’s history, it also knocked out a critical fuel source for regional power plants.

Energy regulators needed a quick fix.

But rather than sticking with gas, they turned to a technology more closely associated with flashlights: batteries. They freed up the utilities to start installing batteries — and lots of them."

Diane Cardwell and Clifford Krauss reports for the New York Times January 14, 2017.

Source: NY Times, 01/16/2017