Distributed Home Batteries — No Electrician Required

​Home battery storage has largely remained inaccessible to the mass market. Traditional systems require panel upgrades, electrical permits, and professional installation—putting them out of reach for renters and cost-prohibitive for most homeowners.

Pila Energy is taking a fundamentally different approach. Their plug-and-power™ battery connects to a standard 120-volt outlet, requires no rewiring, and can be deployed by anyone in minutes. Users start with a single unit and expand room by room, with each battery joining what Pila calls their Battery Mesh Network™, a coordination layer that allows distributed units throughout a home to function as a unified system .

Their software optimizes charging based on time-of-use rates, integrates with rooftop solar, and provides intelligent load management across connected devices. The longer-term vision is even more ambitious: aggregating these distributed assets into a decentralized grid resource that can provide resilience and flexibility at scale.

Agenda:

• ​5:00 - 5:30 Check-in and networking

• ​5:30 - 6:30 Presentation, Q&A & Demo

• ​6:30 - 7:00 Open networking

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