How Home Batteries Could Transform the Power Grid and Lower Costs

Can your home help power the grid while lowering your electric bill? In this episode of The Miller Report: Real Clear Journalism, Zach Dell, Co-Founder and CEO of Base Power, explains how distributed battery storage is creating a new energy model where homeowners and the grid both benefit. By connecting thousands of residential batteries into virtual power plants, they are able to add capacity quickly, improving grid reliability, and helping keep electricity affordable. Dell also discusses the regulatory hurdles in their market, the need to streamline permitting, and why technology-driven energy companies are uniquely positioned to modernize the electric grid. As demand for reliable power continues to rise, he explains how behind-the-meter energy solutions could play a major role in the future of America's energy system.