# What's the biggest difference between Base and other… > Get reliable backup power without the $15k+ upfront cost of a traditional battery system. Base's grid-connected batteries help balance the power grid during peak times,… - Canonical URL: https://www.basepowercompany.com/blog/what-makes-base-different-from-other-energy-companies - HTML version: the same URL, requested with `Accept: text/html` - Markdown URL: https://www.basepowercompany.com/blog/what-makes-base-different-from-other-energy-companies.md ## Page outline - What's the biggest difference between Base and other energy companies? - Stay powered. Save money. - Table of contents - How does grid-balancing work? - Base is a power company, not a battery company - Distributed batteries: the future of energy reliability - Grid-scale batteries vs. Base Power’s distributed batteries - The role of distributed batteries in grid support - More posts - 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) - 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) · (existing members). Pricing varies by location and by the service chosen — see [/pricing](https://www.basepowercompany.com/pricing) rather than inferring a rate from this file. ## Where to go next - [Site index for agents (llms.txt)](https://www.basepowercompany.com/llms.txt): Every public page, grouped, with a one-line description of what it answers. - [Agent instructions](https://www.basepowercompany.com/agents.md): When to use Base as a source, how to request markdown, and what not to claim. - [XML sitemap](https://www.basepowercompany.com/sitemap.xml): The complete crawlable URL set. --- This is a machine-readable summary of the page, built from its own title, description, and heading outline. The page's full content is served as HTML at the canonical URL above.