Base Power Company

Base Power is skipping the PJM's troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people's homes, offering backup services in exchange.

Base Power is now live in Illinois, our first market outside of Texas. We've helped more than 20,000 Texas homeowners lower their energy bills and back up their homes. We're bringing that same model to Chicagoland, where energy supply rates surged nearly 50% last year and continue to climb. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gTDGKiSs

We're hiring Member Experience Specialists to be the voice of Base to our members. We're looking for new grads, experienced support professionals, and people from unconventional backgrounds who are ready to help fix the grid. If you're in Austin and interested in our Member Experience team, join us for an onsite hiring event this Friday. You'll meet the team, learn more about what we're building, and participate in interviews. Our goal is to send out same-day offers. Date: Friday, June 26, 12pm–6pm RSVP for details and submit your interest form by Wednesday, June 24. We'll send a confirmation and time slot to approved attendees. RSVP: https://luma.com/0g83n8xe Interest form: https://lnkd.in/gukCTbyN CC: Rahil Jagetia, Kate Zeligson

Chicago, We’re now recruiting electricians, warehouse associates, and drivers as we expand into Illinois. Base Power is a modern energy company delivering reliable, affordable power to neighborhoods in the Chicago area. We build and install high-performing battery systems to protect families from outages and lower their bills. You'll help fix the grid and keep the lights on. Come meet us at our open hiring event, where we'll share what we're building, walk through open roles, and run same-day interviews. Date: Friday, June 5, 10am-1pm Location: Midwest Coast Brewing - 2137 W Walnut St, Chicago, IL 60612 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gRpBp-c7

What we learned about the Texas electricity market after looking at 7,000 bills A year ago we built a bill comparison tool to help Texans understand what they were actually paying for energy. We knew the market was full of smoke and mirrors, but we just didn't know how bad it was. Here's what 7,000 bills taught us: 1. Loyalty is penalized. Texans who never switch pay a median rate of 16.0¢/kWh. Frequent switchers pay 14.0¢. That 2-cent gap can add up to thousands of dollars over the course of a contract for the average home. 2. Neighbors pay wildly different prices for the same thing. Three homes on the same Dallas street — same electrons, same poles and wires — paid anywhere from 13.7¢ to 25.3¢ per kWh. 3. The biggest brands often charge the most. The top five providers by size averaged 18.2¢/kWh while smaller providers averaged 13.9¢. Texans paid 20-40% more just for a name they recognized. Most Texans don't know they're overpaying. We built Base to fix that. In aggregate, we're already saving our members millions per year. You can see more of the data here: https://lnkd.in/gWxwMKPG Or see your home's savings here: https://lnkd.in/gzRKVrab

"So far, its model has worked especially well in Texas’ largely deregulated energy market where customers can choose their energy provider. But this year, the company began partnering with other utilities to deploy its batteries in regulated markets throughout the state, and it has sights on other parts of the country." https://lnkd.in/eTWhSb_W

Every Base battery has to work. Every home, every grid event, every time. We're hiring a Head of Firmware in Austin to lead the team that makes that true across our entire fleet, today and as we scale. This is a force-multiplier role with a high bar. We need depth across firmware verticals, conviction about leveling up an org, and the ability to move at Base Pace. If you've built firmware to that standard, we want to meet you. Apply → https://lnkd.in/e8WiAhGz

We're hiring for an exciting role at Base Power Company: Retail Partnerships. Own, operate, and scale our retail partnerships across Texas and beyond. https://lnkd.in/gGN5Q3Cp

We're excited to announce that our partnership with GVEC is expanding across their full service territory, deploying 50 MW of residential battery storage across South Central Texas. This expansion builds on a successful pilot and enables GVEC to bring significantly more dispatchable capacity online, further demonstrating how the utility-led distributed storage model can scale rapidly across a cooperative's full footprint. Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/geCeq-hJ