When integrated with your solar system, Telsa's extraordinary Powerwall technology can power your home during the night or back up your home in the event of a power outage. With its built-in battery inverter, Powerwall is compact and easy to install.
What is a Home Battery?
A home battery together with your solar system is your ticket to Energy Independence. It will change everything you know about energy management. Although rudimentary forms of both solar power and batteries have been around over 100 years, only recently has technology and price converged to combine them into a single system. This powerful combination now empowers homeowners to generate, store, and use their own electricity independent of the utility.
Speak to someone about the advantages of generating and storing your own power.
Let one of Baker’s Energy Storage Consultants educate you on batteries and answer all your questions. There are many reasons for you to get an energy storage system; whether you want to go fully off the grid, be ready for a blackout, or take advantage of today’s incentive programs, we have a solution for you.
Are there energy storage rebates or incentives? Yes!
The Self-Generation Incentive Program, or SGIP, is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a ratepayer funded program to pay for your battery! SGIP covers up to 50 cents per Kilowatt hour, that’s a $5000 rebate for the average sized home battery! This is a limited time rebate, the fund is expected to exhaust quickly, so it’s important that you contact us right away – we’ll handle the registration process, you just receive the check.
SGIP is currently closed in SDGE awaiting new funding, but is available in SCE.
Why the best solar systems include a home battery.
Solar power is instantaneous. The very moment it’s generated, it’s gone. You have an instant to either put it to work or it will find the path of least resistance off your property and back on to the electrical grid. This causes two issues for homeowners with solar:
1. They only have access to free electricity when the sun is shining.
2. They have no control over what time they export energy to the grid.
5 reasons for a battery
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Enhance finances of solar system
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Emergency Backup Power
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Protect against TOU billing
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Use solar power at night
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Go completely off the grid
5 battery facts
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Tesla Powerwall is available
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Batteries don't require solar
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Can be installed after solar
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Can cost less than a daily latte
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Can eliminate demand charges
Nothing less than the catalyst to propel renewable energy as the dominant energy source on the planet.
Off Grid
Ever dreamed of true energy independence? It’s now possible. Generate, store, and use your own power, even in an urban setting. Whether you stay physically connected to the grid or not, solar plus home batteries empower people in a way never before possible. End your reliance on the world’s volatile energy supply. Always know 100% of your home’s energy is coming from a renewable source. Contact us to find out how we can make this into a reality for you.
Backup power
Keep your family safe and comfortable during a blackout. Home batteries allow you to keep your house running from several hours, to several days, the choice is yours. Baker Electric Home Energy’s battery choices allow you to start small and work your way up; 4 hours backup power today, add more batteries later. Backup power can easily be added to any new or existing solar power system. Many configurations are available, find out which is the best option for you.
Self-consumption
Prefer to use your own excess solar power instead of exporting it to the grid? Put some of it away in your battery for use in the evening. When your batteries run out of electricity, your system will automatically fall back onto grid power.
Peak-shaving
This is a purely economic use for batteries. Depending on your rate structure, you may be penalized by your utility for using too much power. Your battery will automatically kick-in before you reach these expensive peaks.
Time-of-Use (TOU) arbitrage
Live in Southern California Edison (SCE)? New solar customers are forced onto Time-of-Use billing under Net Metering 2.0. This means you will get less credit for the solar electricity you export to the grid during the day. Energy storage fixes this problem.
A purely financial reason to get a home battery system. Depending on how your utility charges for electricity, batteries can dramatically reduce what you pay every month. Batteries will soon become the reality for all new solar customers as they are forced into TOU billing, which will decrease the amount of credits they receive for the solar power they put back on the grid during the day. If you are looking to go solar, you need to call for more information on why you will need a battery.
If you live in Riverside or the Inland Empire, energy storage will soon become a standard component of any solar power system.
Quality Installation The Baker Way
Baker Electric Home Energy has been chosen by Tesla to be one of only a few contractors certified to be a Powerwall installer.