Unlock Peace of Mind
Battery backup systems are the fastest, quietest, and most reliable source of home energy security in Washington. With automatic grid failure detection, your lights might flicker for a moment—but before you know it, you’re running on backup power. Through your mobile app, you can monitor your battery’s performance and control how your energy is used during any outage.
Seamless Transition to Backup Power
One of the best features of battery storage is its instant response when the grid goes down. Systems like the Tesla Powerwall can even anticipate outages through Storm Watch, ensuring your batteries are fully charged before a storm hits. When an outage occurs, you’ll receive a notification on your phone confirming the switch to backup power—keeping your lights, refrigerator, and Wi-Fi running without interruption.
Setting Up Your Battery Energy Storage System
Every Washington home has different energy habits and electrical setups, which means every battery backup design is unique. Here are the key steps to consider when planning your system:
Identify Your Backup Goals
Do you want full-home backup or just enough to keep essentials like your fridge, lights, and internet running? Starting with your priorities helps design the best system to meet your needs and budget.
Understand Your Electrical Infrastructure
Your home’s electrical layout—main panel size, sub-panels, and existing generator connections—determines how your battery will integrate. A professional installer will evaluate your setup to ensure safe, efficient installation.
Find the Right Battery Location
Placement depends on your panel’s location, available space, and local codes. Batteries are often installed near the main electrical panel—either inside a garage or on an exterior wall—with required setbacks from gas meters, windows, and doors.
If your battery is installed in a garage and located in the path of a vehicle, a protective bollard will be required for safety. This prevents accidental impact and ensures compliance with electrical and building code requirements.
Managing Your Battery System
Once installed, you’ll have full access to your system through a mobile app. Whether you prefer to store solar energy for self-consumption or keep your battery topped off through grid charging, you can easily adjust settings. No matter where you are, you’ll always have visibility and control over your home’s backup power.
Storms in Western Washington Are Here
When the power goes out, the effects can be more than inconvenient. Food spoils, the house gets cold, and vital electronic devices can’t work. Losing power can quickly turn a comfortable home into a stressful environment especially during the colder months in Western Washington.
Managing your energy and ensuring your home’s energy resilience has never been more important. With battery backup, you can keep power flowing to essential electronics and appliances, ensuring your comfort.
Fortunately, Washington and its utilities recognize the importance of resilience and are working toward a stronger, more flexible grid and one that supports individual homes to entire communities transition to renewable energy. By adding battery storage, you’re helping build that future while protecting your own.
Maximizing Your Battery Backup
Home battery systems do more than keep the lights on—they help you stay comfortable, safe, and connected when the grid goes down. To make the most of your backup power, it’s important to manage how your energy is used and extend your battery’s capacity during an outage.
Optimize Capacity with SPAN
Pairing your battery with a SPAN smart panel gives you circuit-level control during an outage. SPAN automatically prioritizes essential loads and can extend your battery runtime by up to 40%, helping your power last longer and giving you peace of mind.
Unlock On-Demand Power with Fuel Cell Technology
When Washington’s gray skies limit solar production, a fuel cell like Upstart Power’s Upgen NXG provides continuous power to recharge your batteries. This hybrid approach can keep your home powered for days—or even weeks—without relying on the grid.
Battery Incentives for PSE Customers
Puget Sound Energy’s Flex Batteries Program offers incentives to customers who install batteries and allow PSE to access stored energy during grid events. Updated program details take effect this November, providing more ways to earn money from your battery system. Learn more about the Flex Battery Program below.
Why Choose Northwest Electric & Solar
Northwest Electric & Solar is Washington’s top solar and storage installer, earning that title four of the last five years. For over a decade, we’ve helped Washingtonians achieve energy independence through solar and battery systems.
With more frequent storms across the state, battery storage has become essential for keeping homes powered—protecting your comfort, your food, and your peace of mind.
Investing in battery backup is an investment in your home’s resilience and your family’s energy independence.
Reach out today to see which system is right for you.
