Last summer was the second-hottest on record in Texas, and this summer is on track to be just as extreme. Heat waves, like the one we’re in right now, put a lot of pressure on the power grid as more and more people crank up their air conditioners and hunker down inside. All that pressure can overload the grid and lead to outages throughout the state.
The Texas electric grid is no longer a reliable source of energy during extreme weather. It’s time to take matters into your own hands with a solar panel and battery backup system for your home.
Most of the time, your home solar panels will be connected to the electric grid so you can buy electricity from the grid and send excess power to it. But during a power outage, your entire solar system will temporarily disconnect from the grid. It will continue to operate on its own while the grid is down, so you can power your home by yourself when the grid fails. At night, you’ll be able to use stored energy from your battery to keep your essentials running until the sun comes up or the grid turns back on.
If you have solar panels but you don’t have a backup battery for your home, they won’t work during a power outage. The battery is what allows your solar panels to disconnect from the grid during a power outage—if they can’t disconnect, they will go down with the rest of the grid.
If you’re looking for a company that installs solar batteries in Texas, give TXEN Solar a call today. We are a local, veteran-owned solar company that installs solar panels and solar batteries in San Antonio and throughout the surrounding areas. We can help you get the peace of mind and protection you need to keep your family safe and comfortable the next time the grid goes down.
