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Big battery to back up power for Washington town

By Washington Examiner
Published October 15, 2014 9:49pm ET
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Big battery to back up power for Washington town
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012, file photo, workers on a crew for Puget Sound Energy move a new power pole into place to replace one that fell down after a tree covered in ice fell on a transmission line near a substation in Olympia, Wash. Puget Sound Energy said said Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 that it plans to install four shipping containers housing lithium iron phosphate batteries to keep the power on when lines go down in the Cascade mountains (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) | Ted S. Warren

GLACIER, Wash. (AP) — Puget Sound Energy plans to install four shipping containers housing lithium iron phosphate batteries to keep the power on when lines go down in the Cascade mountains, the utility said.

Glacier would be among the first communities in the state to test large-scale battery storage, The Bellingham Herald reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/ZDKy0o ).

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