TechHow I kept cool with NYC’s free battery program for window AC units

During New York City’s extreme heat, about 1,000 households used free home batteries from startup Every Electric to power their window air conditioners. The arrangement let residents keep cooling their homes during peak-demand periods while earning payments through Con Edison’s local demand-response program.

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