Squaw Valley Gets Tesla Batteries to Stabilize Tahoe Power Grid

Tesla Inc. batteries will help Squaw Valley Ski Corp. reduce carbon emissions and keep mountain lifts running when storms and trees knock out power lines around California’s Lake Tahoe resorts.

The company will install lithium-ion batteries totaling 8 megawatts at Squaw Valley to store power from solar farms and other sources on the local utility’s electric grid. The project also could be a key piece of a proposed microgrid that, if regulators approve, could keep local power flowing even when the larger transmission system goes down, according to a Feb. 5 statement.

Squaw Valley expects to get all its electricity ...