A Los Angeles judge has hit pause on a massive battery project planned for Acton, siding with local residents who argued the County bent the rules to get it approved. The project, known as the Humidor Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), was pitched by Hecate Energy. BESS would have covered about 12 acres of land in east Acton with 440 ...

Tempers flared and questions flew during a tense community meeting Thursday night, as Santa Clarita residents demanded answers over the safety of a recently activated battery energy storage system (BESS) built just 200 feet from homes in Canyon Country. The meeting brought together residents, city officials, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and representatives from Terra-Gen, the company behind the ...

Residents of Acton gathered to speak out against multiple planned battery energy storage system facilities – known as BESS – at the Town Council meeting on Monday night. The town council room in the Acton library was filled with residents Monday night following a protest over the weekend that garnered the attention of surrounding residents and media. Both the protest ...