Ventasso BESS

El Cajon, Calif.

Award of Merit

Submitted by: Baker Electric & Renewables

Owner: RWE Clean Energy

Lead Design Firm: RRC Power & Energy

General Contractor: Baker Electric & Renewables

Engineering Contractor: Christian Wheeler Engineering

Gen-Tie Contractor: ARB Inc.

Concrete Contractor: Demcon Concrete Contractors

Remediation Contractor: Montec Inc.

Utility-scale battery storage is usually located amid open acreage. This 50-MW, 200-MWh facility sits on 178,835 sq ft in the middle of El Cajon, with active neighbors on the boundary and an in-holding parcel belonging to another owner at the site’s center.…