Haven Energy Launches Operation to Help Simplify Battery Installation for California Homeowners

David Shultz

David Shultz reports on clean technology and electric vehicles, among other industries, for dot.LA. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Outside, Nautilus and many other publications.

Haven Energy Launches Operation to Help Simplify Battery Installation for California Homeowners
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In December, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to radically change the net energy metering rules that dictate how state residents are compensated for their rooftop solar power generation. There was a lot to unpack at the time in the rule changes, but the major thrust of the redesign placed a much larger focus on installing energy storage in the form of batteries. The added batteries, the commissioners argued, would give the strained California electrical grid flexibility later into the evening to help combat the dreaded “duck curve” that forms in the evening when renewable energy is in short supply, but demand is at its highest. For California property owners, the rule change meant that if they ever wanted to generate meaningful savings they’d have to install batteries along with solar panels.

Enter Haven Energy. The company launched operations in Southern California this week in order to help property owners source, finance, install, and manage batteries.

The idea, according to founder Vinnie Campo, is that you can come to site, enter a few details about your property and what you want to use your battery for, and Haven will recommend the size of the battery system and set users up with a specialist who can help them refine and tweak said system. Once the design is finalized, Haven handles the permitting and connects users to certified installers. “For a homeowner, there's all these different steps that they have to go through, which is what we're trying to solve for,” says Campo. “It’s almost like a one-click checkout, where you can go through a very simple process, we handle all the work in the back end.”

With the California Public Utilities Commission’s new net energy metering rules going into effect on Friday, Haven’s launch appears well timed to help meet the increased demand for battery installs. “It seems like what that ruling is doing is encouraging homeowners to add more energy storage which we view as a good thing and it certainly should help stabilize the grid,” says Campo. Since the 12- person company officially launched earlier this week, Campo says they’ve already begun to build up a “big backlog of customers.” But he declined to share specific numbers.

“We see in the next 10 years, somewhere close to half of the homes in America will probably have a battery installed,” Campo added. “But there's a lot of work to do to increase that adoption of energy storage. We're just excited to be able to help homeowners simplify the process and lower the cost, so we can build a resilient energy infrastructure.”

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LA Tech Week Day Two: Social Highlights
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L.A. Tech Week has brought venture capitalists, founders and entrepreneurs from around the world to the California coast. With so many tech nerds in one place, it's easy to laugh, joke and reminisce about the future of tech in SoCal.

Here's what people are saying about day two of L.A. Tech Week on social:

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LA Tech Week: Technology and Storytelling for Social Good

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

LA Tech Week: Technology and Storytelling for Social Good
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On Monday, Los Angeles-based philanthropic organization Goldhirsh Foundation hosted the Technology and Storytelling For Social Good panel at Creative Visions studio to kick off LA Tech week.

Tara Roth, president of the foundation, moderated the panel and gathered nonprofit and tech leaders including Paul Lanctot, web developer of The Debt Collective; Alexis Cabrera, executive director of 9 Dots; Sabra Williams, co-founder of Creative Acts; and Laura Gonzalez, senior program manager of Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI).

Each of the panelists are grantees of Goldhirsh Foundation’s LA2050, an initiative launched in 2011 that is continuously trying to drive and track progress toward a shared vision for the future of Los Angeles. Goldhirsh’s vision is to make Los Angeles better for all and in order to achieve their goal, the foundation makes investments into organizations, creates partnerships and utilizes social capital through community events.

The panelists shared how the work they are doing in each of their respective sectors uses technology to solve some of society's most pressing challenges and highlight the importance of tech literacy across every community.

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Here’s What To Do At LA Tech Week

Kristin Snyder

Kristin Snyder is dot.LA's 2022/23 Editorial Fellow. She previously interned with Tiger Oak Media and led the arts section for UCLA's Daily Bruin.

Here’s What To Do At LA Tech Week
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