The Economics of Grid Defection
What happens when solar and batteries join forces? Together they can make the electric grid optional for many customers.
Utility customers have had three options for meeting their electricity needs: buy it, make it, or eliminate it. But now they have a fourth option: to shift it through demand flexibility.
WHY IT MATTERS
Demand flexibility can unlock $13 billion per year of avoided grid investment and 10 to 40% savings on customer bills.
OTHER REPORTS OF INTEREST
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The Economics of Load Defection
Grid-connected solar-plus-battery systems are coming, and soon could supply the majority of customers' electricity needs.
The Economics of Battery Energy Storage
Most batteries deliver a single, primary service. Yet customer-sited, multi-use batteries can deliver the most services and value to customers and the grid.
