We need your help right away to get as many people as possible to sign a petition requiring state certified general electricians to install all battery energy storage.
Our industry has been in a long debate with the Contractors State Licensing Board (CSLB) over the proper license needed to install battery energy storage systems. Lack of clear regulations has allowed C-46 solar contractor licensees to install battery energy storage systems when paired with a solar photovoltaic system. This has occurred even though battery energy storage systems are separate electrical systems and the C-46 solar contractors – and especially their workers – do not have the electrical training or expertise required to protect workers, first responders, or the general public.
If you are not all-together familiar with this issue and would like to understand it better, please review this Fact Sheet, and/or see our video: www.safeenergystorage.com)
Our goal is to convince the CSLB to provide regulatory clarity that this work shall only be performed by specialty contractors that hold a valid C-10 electrical contractors license, and only by state certified general electricians.
WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW TO HELP:
1. Sign the Petition at www.SafeEnergyStorage.com, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and sign the petition.
2. Ask Your Friends, Family, and Co-workers to Sign, Too: Ask them to sign our petition at the bottom of the website: www.safeenergystorage.com, and please also ask them to forward the petition signing request to other California based family members, friends, and colleagues. That viral multiplying power will be very helpful – we need big numbers!
3. Tweet: If you have a twitter account, please visit our website: www.safeenergystorage.com and click TWEET NOW! It will go directly to the board.
Thank you for keeping our union strong!
In Solidarity,
Nick Segura
IBEW 569 Business Manager / Financial Secretary
