Base Power

We profiled the most hyped energy startup in America. Exclusive look inside the $4B startup, Base Power, with co-founders @JLopas & @ZachBDell A former SpaceX engineer & a Thrive capital investor, rebuilding American energy dominance. Trying to do what SpaceX did to NASA and Anduril to Lockheed. But for energy. Yep, a lot of ambition. So, what do they have to show for it? 0:00 Meet Zach & Justin: Raising $1.3B To Fix America's Grid 1:16 How The Grid Came 4 Minutes From Collapse 1:56 Zach: Why The U.S Desperately Needs A SpaceX for Energy 3:25 Justin Explain's Their Home Battery Installation 4:14 Why Thrive Capital Bet on Zach & Justin (feat. Avery Klemmer) 5:16 How Justin & Zach Met? (Anduril Factory Tour) 6:32 Zach’s Secret Co-founder Test on Justin 7:20 How Base Build Their Competitive MOAT... 10:34 Justin: “Everything you do more than once is a factory” 11:17 Zach: This Is How To Raise $1.3B from Tier-1 Funds... 13:38 How to Build An Elite Team & Culture 14:26 Zach: "I'm Never Stoked To Fire People, But..." 15:33 The Personal Cost of Being An Entrepreneur 16:35 Energy, China and America’s future 18:22 Unpacking The Chip on Zach's Shoulder 19:13 Zach: “I Am Not the CEO This Company Needs in 5 Years” 19:49 Sachin & Adam: Our 3 Biggest Takeaways

"So far, its model has worked especially well in Texas’ largely deregulated energy market where customers can choose their energy provider. But this year, the company began partnering with other utilities to deploy its batteries in regulated markets throughout the state, and it has sights on other parts of the country." time.com/article/2026/0…

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We're excited to announce that our partnership with GVEC is expanding across their full service territory, deploying 50 MW of residential battery storage across South Central Texas. This expansion builds on a successful pilot and enables GVEC to bring significantly more dispatchable capacity online, further demonstrating how the utility-led distributed storage model can scale rapidly across a cooperative's full footprint.

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Today we're announcing Base Energy, a new electricity plan open to any Texan that can choose their provider, battery or not. Most Texans say they’re happy with their electricity provider. Our data shows 7 in 10 are overpaying and can save with our new plan. The reason is structural: our battery fleet generates revenue by supporting the Texas grid, and we pass those earnings back as a low, fixed rate that's guaranteed below market average, now and at renewal. Renters, apartment tenants, homeowners not yet ready for a battery: if you're in Texas and can choose your provider, you're eligible. Affordable, reliable power for all. That's the mission, and today we're a lot closer.

Thanks to @mariogabriele and @thegeneralistco for having Zach on this week to talk about all things Base, grid, and American energy.

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Through the program, @CoServ will dispatch the battery fleet to manage peak demand and strengthen grid reliability, while Members receive affordable whole-home backup power.

We’re excited to announce a new agreement with @CoServ, deploying 100 MW of residential battery storage across their North Texas service territory. The program is Base’s largest collaboration to date and one of the largest distributed residential energy storage programs led by a Texas electric cooperative. This marks Base’s fifth utility collaboration in Texas, building on a proven model for rapidly bringing new capacity online.

Distributed energy storage is moving from concept to core grid infrastructure, and our partnership with @ElPasoElectric is a prime example of what that looks like in practice. In this interview with PV Magazine, Tim Pianta, our Head of Utility Partnerships, shares how we're helping utilities like EPE unlock flexible, customer-sited capacity faster and more cost-effectively than traditional buildouts. Read the full interview: pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/19/bas…

5 years ago today, a major winter storm, Uri, plunged into the southcentral U.S. -- some of the coldest sustained weather in a century for Texas. A massive human and financial crisis ensued in the wake of the energy sector's failure to keep gas flowing and the lights on. 🧵

Thanks to @LizClaman and @FoxBusiness for having Zach on yesterday to talk about Base's growth, our new partnership with El Paso Electric, and continued expansion.

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We’re excited to announce a new partnership with @ElPasoElectric, launching a pilot program that will use home battery systems to strengthen the electric grid during times of high demand. This program represents a scalable model for utilities seeking to add 24/7 dispatchable, demand-side capacity to the grid on significantly shorter timelines than traditional infrastructure buildout, supporting El Paso Electric in addressing local capacity constraints while improving customer resiliency.

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This past weekend, Winter Storm Fern brought extreme weather from Texas to the eastern seaboard, and Base Power showed what distributed batteries can do: intelligence and resilience closer to homes, stabilizing the grid during peak stress and protecting families when outages hit. While our members dripped faucets and stocked up on supplies, we charged the battery fleet and had our engineering and operations teams ready to support. The storm ended up being less destructive in Texas than five years ago. Even so, we backed up over 350 grid outages, delivering 10 total days of backup power. Across the fleet, we had 10,000 days of backup power standing by if the grid went down. Other parts of the country saw a different outcome. Hundreds of thousands lost power from Tennessee to New York and PJM energy prices hit near record peaks. A reminder that extreme weather and grid reliability are challenges that span the entire country. We're expanding to meet them. Moments like this past weekend are why we built Base: to support the grid during times of stress, and to keep Americans protected when it matters most.

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We’re proud to welcome Travis Kavulla (@TKavulla) as Head of Policy and Zina Bash as Chief Legal Officer to establish Base Power's legal and policy foundation for national growth. As Base Power scales nationally, we’re building a world-class legal and policy function to engage deeply with regulation, market design, and grid reliability.