Tesla and Sunrun dispatch record 580 MW from home batteries to California grid

Tesla and Sunrun coordinated a record 580-megawatt discharge from 140,000 residential batteries during a California heat wave, demonstrating the grid-stabilization potential of distributed home storage at scale.

First covered Sep 21, 2026 · 6:03 AM PT · 1 article

Tesla and Sunrun dispatch record 580 MW from home batteries to California grid — Image via electrek.co

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5d Electrek Tesla and Sunrun’s virtual power plant dispatch record 580 MW to California grid — Sunrun and Tesla pulled a record 580 megawatts of power from home batteries onto California’s grid during a heat wave on September 9, the largest residential…

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Appeared in: 2026-09-21 (#4)

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