Sunrun and Tesla dispatch 580 MW to California grid during heat wave

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Sunrun and Tesla Dispatch 580 Megawatts To California’s Grid During Heat Wave, Marking Largest Residential Distributed Power Plant Event In History

September 21, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

More than 140,000 home batteries dispatched power to Californias statewide energy grid during extreme heat on September 9, 2026, equaling the capacity of a large power plant

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) and Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) announced today that the companies fleets of home batteries dispatched more than 580 megawatts of peak power to Californias grid on the evening of September 9, 2026. The combined output marks the largest distributed power plant dispatch event on recordwith enough capacity to power all households in Sacramento County during peak hours.

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