(Nasdaq: EOSE), a provider of zinc-powered long-duration energy storage systems, to supply a 35 MWh energy storage system for the project to the tune of $13.5 million. Indian Energy has tapped Edison, N.J.-based EOS Energy Enterprises Inc. The project will provide renewable backup power to the tribal community during local outages and allow the tribe to shift electricity use away from the statewide electrical grid during calls for conservation. The microgrid - a 60-megawatt-hour (MWh) long-duration system - will be one of the first of its kind in the United States.

The grant is one of the largest state awards to benefit a tribal government and the first under California’s new $140 million Long-Duration Energy Storage Program. The California Energy Commission issued the grant to Anaheim Hills, Calif.-based Indian Energy LLC, which plans to deploy a state-of-the-art microgrid that will provide renewable backup power for the Viejas Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians. A Native-owned energy company will leverage $31 million in state funding to create a long-duration energy storage system for a southern California tribe.

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