> A major selling point for me was that they have a local network API which can be used to monitor and control everything without relying on their cloud services.
That would be a MAJOR selling point for me, too! Especially because most of the companies that do this for residential are getting a huge portion of the profits using YOUR batteries, rather than getting that profit yourself. Unfortunately, where I live, that is mostly because energy utilities are hostile to anyone except large middlemen installers and their VPPs. It would be simple for them to also allow individuals to sign up for dispatch if they were half-competent. I can't find any companies providing battery systems plus solar that are able to be fully local in my area of the USA, either, even if I wanted to try and go "off grid" using massively overbuilt batteries linked to solar.
That would be a MAJOR selling point for me, too! Especially because most of the companies that do this for residential are getting a huge portion of the profits using YOUR batteries, rather than getting that profit yourself. Unfortunately, where I live, that is mostly because energy utilities are hostile to anyone except large middlemen installers and their VPPs. It would be simple for them to also allow individuals to sign up for dispatch if they were half-competent. I can't find any companies providing battery systems plus solar that are able to be fully local in my area of the USA, either, even if I wanted to try and go "off grid" using massively overbuilt batteries linked to solar.