🏠 Andreessen Horowitz-Backed Base Power Bypasses Grid Delays With Distributed Home Batteries 1. Climate tech startup Base Power is circumventing the massive interconnection queue backlog by deploying distributed battery systems directly at residential homes. 2. The company provides cheaper electricity to homeowners while simultaneously offering critical stabilized power back to the constrained electrical grid. 3. This distributed energy model allows the startup to rapidly scale capacity without waiting years for traditional utility-scale infrastructure approvals. Bobbi thinks: Base Power's strategy perfectly illustrates how decentralized residential storage can rapidly solve acute grid bottlenecks while utility-scale projects remain mired in regulatory purgatory. Subscribe to CleanTech Pulse on Bobbi for supporting links, newsletter, and podcast.