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Energy arbitrage value depends a lot on your utility, agreed. For most home battery systems it's a 5-7 year payback, even with solar. In my experience most folks investing in these systems are also putting a lot of value on the backup power, and from the data/insights. The average fridge in the US has $300-500 of groceries inside, and some insurance providers offer as much as $600 per outage to pay for spoiled food. So for folks contending with frequent outages, we're excited to offer more peace of mind value while delivering some additional smart energy management value on top



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