Whole-home battery backup

When PG&E goes dark,
your home doesn't.

We size your battery to run the whole house for one to three days, not a few hours.

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Size backup for your home

We model battery-only and solar plus battery. If it does not pencil, we will tell you.

Real hardware

A 57.2 kWh stack in a Bay Area garage.

Two FlexBoss 21 inverters and four EG4 batteries: double our standard package, for a homeowner who wanted more runtime.

A 57.2 kWh EG4 battery system, two FlexBoss 21 inverters over four EG4 batteries, in a Bay Area garage

Whole-home backup is not a wiring claim. It is a runtime claim.

Outages here run for days now. A December 2025 fire at PG&E’s Mission substation left about 130,000 San Francisco homes dark for up to 48 hours, and PSPS shutoffs hit the hills every fall. Anyone can wire a battery to your whole panel. Whether it carries the house for a few hours or a few days comes down to size. SF Standard’s reporting on the outage.

Common backup quote
~10 to 14 kWh
One small battery. Fine for a short outage and light loads.
A Potrero system
30 to 60 kWh
Sized to your one- to three-day target, with solar recharge during the day.
We size around your real loads, not a default
  • Heat or AC
  • Refrigerator and freezer
  • Internet and Wi-Fi
  • The EV charger
  • Well pump
  • Medical equipment

Proof from a real outage. Just ask Andres.

Solar and whole-home battery installation on a 1966 Tudor in Pacifica

Pacifica

1966 Tudor
12.1 kW Solar · 28.6 kWh Battery

Production is right where they said it would be, and we've already had a PG&E power outage where the whole-home battery backup worked flawlessly.

Andres M. · Google review

Cost depends on runtime. We show the range.

Battery-only or solar plus battery, we model both against your real bills and show the cost and runtime of each. You own the equipment, no lease or PPA. If the numbers do not pencil, we tell you.

Common full-system range
$20kto$50k
All in: battery, smart panel, solar, permitting, and the PG&E hookup.
Solar-plus-battery payback
5-12 yrs
Battery warranty
10 yr
Panel warranty
25 yr
Workmanship
10 yr

Cleaner than a generator. Useful more often.

No fuel to store, no annual service, no noise, no carbon monoxide. And unlike a generator that sits idle 364 days a year, a battery paired with solar works every day, storing your daytime production and running the house in the evening instead of buying power back from PG&E at peak rates.

The hardware is open and yours, so you can add a generator, a fuel cell, or more capacity later, on your terms.

The outage is the moment you notice it. The daily use is what helps pay for it.

Questions homeowners ask about backup.

Start with your address.

Tell us where you live and roughly what you pay PG&E. We will model battery-only and solar-plus-battery backup for your house, then walk through runtime, cost, and tradeoffs on a 30-minute video call with the designer who would run your project.

Size backup for your home

We model battery-only and solar plus battery. If it does not pencil, we will tell you.