New bill in California senate could turn your home battery into a moneymaker

California senate bill 913 would allow utilities and grid operators to treat home backup batteries like real power plants, opening the door for programs that can pay homeowners to share excess energy capacity during peak demand.

State senator Josh Becker (D), SB 913’s lead sponsor, reported that California utility customers add around 8,000 new home batteries to the grid each month – about 100 MW of new storage capacity according to data from the California Public Utilities Commission. That’s capacity that could go a long way towards reducing the strain on the state’s grid during its hottest summer days.

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