Construction and testing of the Porterville project took about six months. This short construction phase was enabled by over a year of pre-construction planning and experience gained from Southern California Edison\u2019s numerous other facilities. Additionally, Porterville City leaders were willing to draft a suitable lease for the land adjacent to the airport on which the project was built. The site was selected because it offered suitable land near distribution circuits that could support a large amount of solar power without the need for major upgrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,77,3,74],"tags":[59,95,94,63],"class_list":["post-4917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-CampI","category-SuccessStories","category-global-case","category-Utility","tag-CampI","tag-SuccessStories","tag-SuccessStory","tag-Utility","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n