Home Energy Partnership Expands in Texas through Collaboration between Sunrun and Tesla
Sunrun and Tesla Electric Partner to Offer Comprehensive Home Energy Solution in Texas
Sunrun, a leading residential solar company, and Tesla Electric have joined forces to create a groundbreaking home energy solution for Texas homeowners. This partnership, according to Mary Powell, Sunrun's CEO, represents the most comprehensive home energy solution available on the market.
The Tesla Electric + Sunrun Flex plan is a bundled offering that combines Sunrun's Flex solar and battery system, including Tesla Powerwall backup batteries, with Tesla Electric's low, fixed-rate electricity service and competitive solar sellback credits.
This integration offers several benefits to Texas homeowners:
- Lowering Energy Costs: The plan provides a low, fixed electricity rate for imported grid power, shielding homeowners from the volatile and unpredictable market prices common in Texas. Customers also earn sellback credits for excess solar energy sent back to the grid, effectively reducing overall electricity bills. Additionally, a rollover credit system rewards customers who use less energy than their baseline allocation, improving cost savings over time.
- Improving Solar Efficiency and Flexibility: Sunrun's Flex system ensures that homes have sufficient solar and storage capacity to meet current and future energy needs without the need for hardware upgrades. Tesla manages battery settings and solar crediting to optimize energy production and consumption, maximizing the value from solar generation and stored energy. This ensures efficient solar utilization tailored to each home's usage profile and seasonal changes.
- Providing Reliable Backup Power: The included Tesla Powerwall battery offers advanced backup power protection during outages, a critical feature for Texas homeowners who have experienced significant grid instability. This battery backup increases energy resilience and independence by supplying power when the main grid goes down.
The Tesla Electric + Sunrun Flex plan is available exclusively to Texas homeowners in retail choice areas who install Sunrun's Flex system and meet interconnection requirements. Customers receive two bills—one from Sunrun for the solar system and one from Tesla Electric for electricity use—which together make up the comprehensive, easy-to-understand home energy service.
Colby Hastings, Director of Residential Energy at Tesla, stated that the plan offers Texans optimized rates, reliable backup power, and a smart way to support grid stability. This integrated approach has become increasingly important in Texas due to severe weather and frequent grid disruptions.
Interested homeowners can learn more or enroll by visiting sunrun.com/flex-texas.
The Tesla Electric + Sunrun Flex plan offers Texas homeowners a beneficial integration of finance and technology, with low, fixed electricity rates and competitive solar sellback credits from Tesla Electric, combined with the energy-efficient Flex solar and battery system from Sunrun, which includes Tesla Powerwall backup batteries.
This innovative partnership in the industry aims to improve energy efficiency, flexibly meet future energy needs, provide reliable backup power, and offer optimized rates, ultimately fostering grid stability and empowering Texas homeowners to take control of their home energy solutions.
