Oct 1, 2026 | Battery Technology, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A demand charge is the part of a commercial electricity bill set by the single highest 15-minute burst of power a building draws in a month — not by how much electricity it uses over that month. It is billed in dollars per kilowatt of that peak, and for most medium...
Sep 26, 2026 | Battery Technology, Home Electrification, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
On 9 September 2026, Sunrun and Tesla dispatched 580 megawatts from roughly 140,000 home batteries into California’s grid during a heat wave — the largest residential virtual-power-plant event on record, and enough to match a mid-sized gas peaker. A month...
