Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A utility company in El Paso, Texas, now offers a program that pays homeowners to install backup battery ...

EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso Electric is launching a new pilot program that would use batteries installed in customers’ homes to help take pressure off the power grid during times of high ...

Buildings are evolving from passive consumers to active grid resources, helping to balance energy demand during peak hours. Industry standards such as OpenADR and CTA-2045 facilitate interoperability ...

Battery manufacturing has scaled into the terawatt-hours annually, a breathtaking pace that could soon support multi-day backup of electricity systems. For now, U.S. installations fall far short of ...

California’s grid reliability and premier virtual power plant (VPP) program are in limbo as the state faces a $12 billion budget shortfall and has just weeks until its legislative session comes to ...

New analysis indicates that California's statewide distributed power plant program can provide significant net savings to Californians over the next three years by leveraging home battery storage.

Sunrun, the leading provider of clean energy as a subscription service, is delivering over 37,000 home batteries to Puerto Rico's grid operator, LUMA, to help address power shortages caused by high ...

Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) filed a proposal with the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to modernize the electric grid using technology like home battery storage, electric vehicles (EVs), ...