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Originally Posted by biosurfer1

It's a waste of money in California, and everywhere for that matter.

There are only two value streams for storage. Either rate arbitrage or back up. Rate arbitrage under current TOU rates would take about 100 years to pay back. I have PG&E and had three outages last year. I lost MAYBE $50 in food since I did not have a generator at the time. A $250 generator and that wont happen again. In the 15 years before 2019, my house had 2 outages of more than 4 hours, and neither was more than 8 hours which means back up would take about 1000 years to pay back.

I would focus much more on V2H where you can use your EV battery as a battery backup at home.

Porsches are a waste of money. Anything other than Top Ramen and an a 1 a Day vitamin is a waste of money. Anything other than Salvation Army clothing is a waste of money. EVs are a waste of money. A $250 generator will gum up and not work in 3 years, and if it does work will need multiple trips to the gas station. It's not just the cost of throwing out food, but sitting in the dark...for hours...days, who knows. A few weeks ago I took a random day of vacation. I get up, about to make a pot of coffee, lights go out. 20 sec later LG Chem battery kicks in, lights on, coffee brewing. Nice.