Sunrun and Tesla set 745 MW home battery grid dispatch record

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Sunrun Leads Record Grid Dispatch Delivering Enough Energy to Power Every Home in San Francisco and San Jose

October 14, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Home batteries set a new record of 745 megawatts delivered during a distributed power plant event, proving home batteries rival the capacity of large power plants

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN), Americas largest provider of home battery storage, solar, and home-to-grid power plants, announced today that consecutive records were set for the largest residential distributed power plant dispatches in U.S. history, delivering 669 megawatts on October 5 and a record-breaking 745 megawatts on October 6 to support Californias electricity grid during a prolonged heat wave.

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