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Is Solar Battery Storage Right for Your California Home?

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Rooftop solar plus battery storage is like a safety net for your home energy.

If you live in California, you can get peace of mind from power outages and potential savings (during higher time-of-use rates) with battery storage. Plus, battery rebate offers in California1 can help you cover the cost. If you decide to lease with Sunrun rather than own the system, we’ll still pass those battery rebate savings along to you.  It pays to be an early adopter as rebate incentives go down based on the number of batteries deployed in the state.

Here are three big reasons why rooftop solar with battery storage is a smart way to manage your electricity costs.

1. Reductions in peak demand charges

Time-of-use2 electricity rates are rolling out in California. That means peak times (varying between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.3) could cost energy users around twice as much.

The idea is to incentivize behavior that offsets grid strain. Think of it as going to a coffee shop near a college campus during finals week. Want to jump on that shared public WiFi? Good luck.

Too many users pulling from the same source at the same time causes instability. In the coffee shop example, we might be talking about slow internet speeds and dodgy connectivity. In the power grid, we could be talking major power outages.

Rather than paying double for your electricity or living in the dark, using a backup battery storage system like BrightBox gives you the option to pay less. Your battery will charge during off-peak hours and then dispense the saved energy during peak times.

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2. Reliable backup power in case of a major outage

Another way you’re outsmarting the system is by having your own dedicated power source – like using a personal hotspot with your smartphone in the coffee shop. In this case, you’ll have a solar battery backup system for energy if your neighborhood goes dark.

That way if the WiFi flakes out or if the grid flatlines, you’ll still be surfing the web and cruising to the fridge for an evening snack. Your house can run on the sun (even at night) with a smart energy system on its own.

3. Net metering versus battery storage

Wasted excess power used to be a major downfall of renewable energy sources. Net metering6, which provides fair credit to solar customers for the excess energy their panels produce, has made good use of that extra energy.

Battery storage takes it a step further by not just crediting for excess power feeding the grid and neighbors’ homes, but actually saving the power remotely. Batteries can react quickly to grid fluctuations, which helps smooth out and stabilize the power grid7. That could mean more reliable energy as a whole. So, it’s good for everybody!

Saving up sunshine and cash with Sunrun

Sunrun pioneered solar as a service to make going solar affordable. Now we’re doing the same for solar energy storage in California – the #1 solar state in the country.

Sunrun’s BrightBox translates to a smarter use of the energy generated by your solar panel system, energy independence and security. In other words, it puts you in control and helps you use your clean energy in the most strategic way.

Talk to one of Sunrun’s solar consultants today. We’d be happy to go over battery storage details and how it might be a good thing for you and your wallet.

References: 
  1. California home battery rebate: Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) explained
  2. How Time of Use Rates Work
  3. Take control with Time-of-Use rate plans
  4. Domestic Time-of-Use for Households With a Solar Energy System
  5. Domestic Time-of-Use for Households With a Solar Energy System
  6. Net Metering
  7. California Takes Lead In Developing Energy Storage

Sunrun

Jun 22, 2017

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