SolarCity Freezes Energy-Storage Program as Grid Connections Lag
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SolarCity Corp., the biggest developer of U.S. rooftop solar panels, halted efforts to install and connect systems that include batteries for power storage because California’s utilities are reluctant to link them to the electric grid.
About 500 SolarCity customers in the region have agreed to use the systems, and the state’s three biggest utilities have connected 12 of them since 2011, said Will Craven, a spokesman for San Mateo, California-based SolarCity.