Earn a Monthly Incentive When You Help the Co-op Shave Peak Power Purchases

United Power now has a partnership with Generac and Lithion/Sol-Ark to offer members an innovative battery storage pilot program. Members can join a network of local battery owners and help support and balance power on the United Power grid. Your battery will not only help protect and back up your family, but can also help your cooperative reduce peak power purchases and keep rates low for all members. 

Members who enroll in the program allow the cooperative to directly monitor their battery’s performance and communicate with it to discharge up to 70% of its available capacity during peak hours. Members will receive a monthly bill credit — based on the size of their system — for their participation in the program.

The co-op will limit its control of the battery charging and discharging to weekdays between 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Members will retain exclusive control over their remaining storage balance. There will be approximately 260 discharge events each year, which will not affect the warrantied life of the battery. 

Members may select from available residential rates to maximize their savings when charging their battery systems or pulling power from the United Power grid. 

The Colorado Clean Energy Fund (CCEF)provides flexible, low-interest loans with no money down and no prepayment penalties for members interested in adding battery storage systems at their homes or businesses. Members may work with any CCEF-certified installer to fulfill the cooperative’s interconnection requirements and connect their battery to the grid. 

More information is available about United Power’s new battery storage pilot program here.