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Wire · operational-macro

a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most

25 June 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

25 June 2026

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operational-macro

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Energy StorageClimate Tech

◆ Geography

United States

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Fusion42 · 5 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Base Power, an a16z-backed energy storage startup, is deploying home battery systems in Illinois and PJM territory to provide grid services and cheaper electricity, bypassing constrained interconnection queues while addressing acute power scarcity in data center-dense regions.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Energy Storage and Climate Tech.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Residential distributed storage is emerging as a scalable bypass to grid interconnection bottlenecks in AI-strained regions—critical for founders building grid-facing or data center logistics infrastructure.

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1 source · 25 Jun 2026

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Energy StorageClimate Techvirtual-power-plantsbattery-storagegrid-capacitypjm-interconnectiondata-center-strain