The trials and tribulations of getting Ford’s Charge Station Pro bidirectional home charger to provide backup power.
and an inverter installed by Sunrun to supply power to your home. Although it was initially intended for power outages, Sunrun and Ford have clear intentions to also use Lightning batteries as"virtual powerplants" to sell energy back to the grid during periods of high demand. Two pilot projects, one in Northern and Central California with PG&E and another in Florida with Duke Energy, are actively trialing such a system.
Two weeks later a Sunrun tech showed up for an inspection. His site survey was quick. He took a look at my electric panel then took photos of each circuit, the spot in my garage where the charger would go, my central A/C unit, and both the overhead lines feeding my house and my detached garage. He said he suspected my home wouldn't need any upgrades and was"good to go," but he added that a Sunrun electrical engineer would be in contact the following week with more info.
They never did, but two weeks later, I checked my email and found three DocuSign contracts from Sunrun. The first was a quote for the installation of just the Charge Station Pro and Home Integration System: $9,400 due upon completion. A clause on the fourth page notes:"We may find that your home requires additional work or upgrades to make it suitable for the Equipment .
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