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by nl 3569 days ago
The Tesla powerwall is currently $3000[1]. There are installation costs etc on top of that of course though.

Solar is separate - I'm talking about charging the battery from the grid.

Brownouts are expensive, but so is the cost of making sure they don't happen. Peaker plants cost more than $10m/year without even turning them on[2]. There are over 40 in California[3] currently available. Hopefully they don't all cost $10M each to keep available, but it doesn't take many years to surpass that $10B cost...

[1] http://www.wholesalesolar.com/tesla-powerwall-for-solar

[2] http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/peakers_plants_...

[3] http://www.energy.ca.gov/maps/powerplants/EmergencyPeakerPow...