SB 283 – Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025

Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025:

Last week I introduced the Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025, SB 283, alongside the CA Professional Firefighters and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) to increase battery storage safety standards. The bill mandates that new facilities adhere to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 855 standards – the most comprehensive and widely recognized guidelines for battery storage safety and hazard mitigation. SB 283 provides a crucial tool and safeguard to ensure battery storage facilities are built and maintained with the highest level of safety and oversight by our local fire officials.

To read the full text of the bill click here

SB 283 Supporters:

“We applaud Senator Laird for introducing SB 283 which will require increased safety, local coordination, and inspections of battery energy storage systems in California,” said Brian K. Rice, President of the California Professional Firefighters. “California's firefighters have been called on to respond to increasingly complex and intense fires at battery energy storage facilities, during which some firefighters have suffered significant injuries. SB 283 provides an important step forward in improving the safety of these facilities and we look forward to working with Senator Laird and the IBEW on this proposal.”

“Battery storage facilities built and staffed by highly trained electrical workers are crucial to their safe operation and California’s renewable power future,” said John Doherty, President of the State Association of Electrical Workers. “Holding the construction of these facilities to well-conceived, national standards will ensure the safety of those workers and of surrounding communities.”