Texas battery arbitrage profits have thinned as the market saturated. Owners being pitched storage should underwrite on demand-charge savings, capacity and resilience, not arbitrage returns.
Gas prices are moderate and storage is healthy, so this winter's power risk is not a national price spike. It is regional reliability and demand, with rates at a two-decade high leaving energy as the controllable lever.
New Siemens-Voltus, PG&E and ComEd programs let commercial buildings cut demand charges and earn demand-response revenue through virtual power plants. Here is how it works and what to watch.
Colorado office and warehouse owners are skipping solar and battery projects. The barriers are rate design, demand charges and financing, and all are fixable.
U.S. commercial power averaged 13.54 cents per kWh in May 2026, but California runs about 24 cents against Texas near 8. Why the state gap now shapes a building's bill more than efficiency, and how to hedge it.