{
  "id": 14260449,
  "title": "Battery system failures fell 98% in 7 years, but older systems need special care: report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/battery-system-failures-fell-98-in-7-years-but-older-systems-need",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T17:35:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Utility Dive",
    "slug": "utility-dive",
    "url": "https://www.utilitydive.com/news/battery-system-failures-fell-98-in-7-years-but-older-systems-need-special/832882/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Electric Power Research Institute analysis found a dramatic drop in energy storage system failures from 2018 to 2025 amid a host of technology and project improvements. “Early-vintage” systems may require retrofits, however.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}