Keep groceries from spoiling
It only takes 4 hours for your refrigerator items to spoil, which is nearly the average outage length.
The most affordable home backup in Texas
Peace of mind for any outage, now offering exclusive prices for GVEC members
Join over 5,000 Texans who joined Base to stay powered through power outages
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The power of a generator for a fraction of the cost
Keep your power on when the grid goes down.
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Power that lasts
The Base system packs up to 50 KWh of capacity—enough to power your home for up to 48 hours with reduced energy consumption.
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A fraction of the cost of alternatives
Most standby generators can cost upwards of $15,000—Base is 95% more affordable.
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Always in your pocket
The Base Power mobile app makes it easy for you to see your battery health and relevant energy information.
Base helps customers avoid more than just outages
Outages are more than just the loss of power. Base helps customers avoid power outages and all the inconviences that come with them.
Maintain routines
From the baby monitor to white noise machines, make sure your most important routines aren’t thrown into a frenzy.
Avoid work & school disruptions
Keep your lights on, computer working, and your wifi running.
Prevent damage to pool equipment
Save thousands of dollars compared to your neighbors that have to replace their pumps every other freeze.
When the grid is up and running
GVEC dispatches some of the energy in your battery during high-demand moments, lowering peak load and easing stress on the grid.
When the grid goes down
GVEC x Base members get the full benefit of whole home backup protection from the Base battery.
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Most Backup
Dual Ground Mounted
50 kWh | Up to 48 hrs of backup
Easiest Installation
Single Ground Mounted
25 kWh | Up to 24 hrs of backup
How does a utility control the batteries?
Base has built a native SCADA solution to group batteries into flexible aggregations and dispatch them through triple-redundant fiber, customer wifi, and 4G cellular connectivity.Utilities can control these aggregations through a web-based dashboard or an API. If desired, Base can help integrate directly into the utility’s energy management system.
What is the customer experience?
Customers receive extremely affordable backup - paying $695 for installation and $19 per month compared to $15,000+ upfront for similar battery or generator options.When the grid is up, 80% of the energy is available for the utility to control and 20% is reserved for customers. When the grid is down, customers get all the energy in the batteries, which is around 80% full on average based on Base’s experience. Because Base deploys big battery systems - 40 kWh on average - even the minimum 20% can get homeowners ~3 hours of backup, long enough to endure 97% of grid disruptions. Customers can monitor the batteries’ state of charge and receive notifications of outages, including how much backup duration they have through Base’s applications. Customers cannot control the batteries.
What are the battery specifications?
Base’s “Gen 1” product is an 11.4 kW / 25 kWh battery. Customers can get two batteries in parallel for a total of 22.8 kW / 50 kWh. Current battery specs are linked here.