Energy firm Sunrun and Tesla introduce residential energy plan within Texas borders
The Tesla Electric + Sunrun Flex home energy plan, now available exclusively in Texas markets with retail energy choice, offers a unified, smart solution for homeowners seeking to lower energy costs and gain energy independence.
Key benefits and features of the plan include:
- Cost Predictability: With a fixed electricity rate, customers can avoid fluctuating energy bills, providing a sense of financial stability in Texas' competitive market.
- Optimized Solar & Storage Use: Sunrun Flex intelligently manages solar energy by maximizing self-consumption, storing excess solar power in the Tesla Powerwall battery, or exporting it to the grid to earn competitive utility credits through net metering.
- Backup Power during Outages: The Tesla Powerwall battery ensures advanced backup power, crucial for Texas households facing frequent severe weather and blackouts.
- Rollover Credits: Customers earn credits for unused electricity that roll over to future months when usage exceeds baseline, allowing flexible energy management.
- 24/7 Performance Monitoring & Maintenance: Sunrun provides continuous monitoring and maintenance of the solar and battery system via the Flex subscription service, ensuring reliability and optimal performance.
- Virtual Power Plant Participation: Customers can participate in Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant program, contributing stored power to the grid during peak demand, supporting grid stability while potentially earning incentives.
- Seamless Customer Service: Coordinated support between Tesla and Sunrun offers a better integrated, hassle-free customer experience.
- Managed Settings: Tesla manages electric rates, battery settings, and solar crediting automatically, maximizing value without customer intervention.
Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun, stated that the partnership puts customers first by combining expertise in solar and storage with seamless backup and cost predictability. Colby Hastings, Director of Residential Energy at Tesla, added that the partnership unlocks the full potential of home solar and storage.
By addressing the challenges of Texas’ complex electricity market—where most retail plans are not tailored for solar/storage—the plan aims to provide Texans with energy independence, cost savings, and resilience during outages through a unified, smart home energy solution.
Interested homeowners can learn more or enroll in the Tesla Electric + Sunrun Flex plan by visiting sunrun.com/flex-texas.
- In an attempt to address the challenges of Texas' complex electricity market, the Tesla Electric + Sunrun Flex plan offers a unified solution that combines expertise in both finance and technology, aiming to provide energy independence, cost savings, and resilience through the optimized use of solar and energy storage systems.
- With the integration of Tesla's energy storage solutions and Sunrun's solar technology, homeowners in Texas can participate in the Virtual Power Plant program, thus gaining the ability to sell excess energy back to the grid, earning finance-related incentives and contributing to grid stability.
