{"id":11927,"date":"2026-04-30T14:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=11927"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:06:26","slug":"beard-papas-emack-bolios-use-plug-in-batteries-to-save-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=11927","title":{"rendered":"Beard Papa&#8217;s, Emack &#038; Bolio&#8217;s use plug-in batteries to save costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>In the basement of an Emack &amp; Bolio\u2019s ice cream shop in Midtown Manhattan, six batteries\u2014each about the size of a toaster oven stood on its side\u2014are plugged into the wall, connected right to the breaker box.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>Those batteries will charge during off-peak electricity times, when power is cheap. When energy demand increases and power prices go up, the batteries will discharge, keeping the freezers running and lights on while cutting the business\u2019s utility costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The batteries are from <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidenergy.com\/\">David Energy<\/a>, a New York City-based startup energy provider. David Energy provides batteries to businesses for free, and then uses its software platform to manage when they draw and discharge power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a unique solution that has the potential to lower businesses\u2019 electricity bills while also easing overall demand on the power grid, which makes it more reliable for everyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">[Photo: David Energy]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-aging-grid-increases-costs\">An aging grid increases costs<\/h2>\n<p>David Energy\u2019s ultimate mission is to have a power grid that runs 100% on clean energy, but especially in a city like New York, not every building, business owner, or tenant can access solar power directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, plug-in batteries\u2014which can connect to a standard wall outlet and don\u2019t require any electrical work to get up and running\u2014can be an easy, low-lift solution to reduce energy demand and decarbonize a business\u2019s operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe grid is aging, and a big reason why [utility] bills are going up is the infrastructure itself,\u201d says David Energy cofounder and CEO James McGinniss. \u201cMore than half of most of our customers\u2019 bills is just the cost of delivering the power, and we want the grid to continue to be reliable while still being affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91534376\/beard-papas-emack-bolios-nyc-retailers-plug-in-batteries-save-energy-costs\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the basement of an Emack &amp; Bolio\u2019s ice cream shop in Midtown Manhattan, six batteries\u2014each about the size of a toaster oven stood on its side\u2014are plugged into the wall, connected right to the breaker box.\u00a0 Those batteries will charge during off-peak electricity times, when power is cheap. When energy demand increases and power<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand-spotlights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}