Their problem is that they don’t really leave you with enough power for real emergencies, while they are hyper focused on doing their energy arbitrage.
For me, I’m happy to have batteries at my home and to voluntarily participate in a VPP, up to certain limits. If there is a predictable bad weather situation coming up, then I want to be able to turn off the VPP and store as much energy locally as I can. And I can only do that if I fully own the battery system that is in place. Tesla doesn’t help me there, neither does Base Power.
See https://epicelectrical.com/what-is-base-power/ for one take on this problem.
For me, I’m happy to have batteries at my home and to voluntarily participate in a VPP, up to certain limits. If there is a predictable bad weather situation coming up, then I want to be able to turn off the VPP and store as much energy locally as I can. And I can only do that if I fully own the battery system that is in place. Tesla doesn’t help me there, neither does Base Power.