Efforts are currently underway to update the next edition of NFPA 855 (2026). Public Comments can now be made on the first draft report of NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems. The first draft report was published March 6, 2024, and can be viewed at the Next Edition tab at www.nfpa.org/855. Public comments will be accepted through Thursday, May 30.
The NFPA 855 Committee will meet to finalize a proposed draft for presentation to the NFPA membership sometime in the late summer or early fall of 2024. In the interim 26 Task Groups are currently working to review the draft report and make final disposition of the public comments.
If you’d like to become involved with one of the task groups (TG’s), go to www.nfpa.org/855 and open the file under Document labeled Second Draft Task Groups. A list of the TG’s along w/ instructions for applying to a TG are shown there.