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California home batteries powered two major cities during heat

Original: California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid "as the mercury climbed on October 6, home batt

During a heatwave on October 6, home batteries from Tesla and Sunrun in California delivered enough electricity at peak demand to power every home in San Francisco and San Jose, cities with a combined population of about 1.8 million. The event is being cited as evidence that distributed home storage can meaningfully replace fossil-fuel peaker plants and reshape how the grid handles extreme heat.

Why now: The demonstration shows home batteries scaling to grid-level impact during a real heatwave, a milestone for clean energy watchers.

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