# Base Power Blog | Energy and backup power guides

> Expert guides to electricity bills, backup power, solar integration, grid resilience, and residential energy technology from Base Power.

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## Page outline

- Base Power Blog
  - All articles
    - Uncovering the truth about Texas energy — a review of 7,000 real electricity bills
    - Texas businesses are overpaying for power. We're fixing that.
    - How to actually compare energy companies in Texas (without getting tricked)
    - 3 reasons Base Power batteries beat generators
    - High electricity costs? 4 lines on your bill you need to know
    - ComEd rates are climbing. Here’s how Illinois homeowners can fight back
    - 3 Things Every Texan Should Know Before Choosing an Energy Company
    - Stay powered through summer heat waves: nine essential tips for Texas homeowners
    - Texas winter storm preparation guide: nine essential steps to protect your home (2025)
    - A guide to power outages: causes and misconceptions (2025)
    - How batteries support the grid
    - What's the biggest difference between Base and other energy companies?
    - How grid-balancing works
    - Understanding how Base charges and discharges its batteries
    - Base vs other Texas electricity providers (2025)
    - Maximizing solar savings: understanding solar buyback, net metering, and buyback rates
    - How Base works with solar: Base buyback and solar integration
    - How the Base battery works: A complete guide to grid connectivity and outage protection
    - How to find the best electricity rates in Texas: avoiding hidden fees (2025)
    - What’s happening in Texas can help solve the capacity crunch: ADER Phase IV
    - Understanding the Texas power grid: how it works and why blackouts happen
  - Stay powered. Save money.
  - How it works
  - Members
  - Partnerships
  - Resources
  - Company

## About Base Power

Base Power is a home energy company serving Texas and Illinois that pairs a home battery with retail electricity service. The battery keeps a home powered during outages, and Base can be the electricity provider with or without a battery.

Base Texas REP, LLC — PUCT License #10338. Serving Texas and Illinois.

Contact: 512-518-1009 (prospective members) · <support@basepowercompany.com> (existing members).

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