U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Glynn, 28th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander (left), Richard Johnson, CEO and manager, West River Electric Association (center), and Robert Raker, Manager of Public Relations, West River Electric (right), pose for a photo in front of a Battery Energy Storage System in Box Elder, S.D., 22 July, 2024. Ellsworth Air Force Base worked with West River Electric Association (WREA), SAFT/GoElectric, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Pacific Northwest National Lab, and Sandia National Laboratories using a Department of Energy (DOE) grant to action the project. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Josephine Pepin)