Tesla has just been awarded its largest contract to date to build a 20 megawatt (MW) battery storage facility after the worst methane gas leak in U.S. history left California utilities hunting for new energy backup resources.

Tesla was awarded a contract by Southern California Edison (SCE) to have the lithium-ion battery storage facility up and running by the end of this year.

“It is remarkable that this facility is going to be built in just a few months, a technology fix that could never be replicated with fossil fuel-based infrastructure,” said Amit Ronen, director of Solar Institute at George Washington University. “Today’s announcement highlights how quickly batteries are becoming an economical and preferable solution to meeting the demands of our modern day electricity grid.”

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