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California Emergency Power Mandate

Eaton Corp plc · 2026-08-20 · Importance 47 · Surprise 60

California Assembly Bill 2511 requires skilled nursing facilities to maintain at least 96 hours of onsite emergency power. Eaton secured multi-million-dollar contracts with BSD Builders to equip 35 California skilled nursing facilities with power-management and microgrid technology. The projects use Eaton’s “Buildings as a Grid” approach and systems manufactured at the company’s Fontana, California facility. The mandate creates a regulatory-driven opportunity for Eaton’s resilience and backup-power solutions.

Key facts

• The contracts will help the 35 skilled nursing facilities comply with California Assembly Bill 2511, which mandates a minimum of 96 hours of onsite emergency power. source