Home Backup & Energy Storage
When the grid fails, your home should not. Smart breaker panels monitor every circuit. Battery storage holds the reserve. Power shedding scenes decide what stays on. The result: silent, instant, intelligent backup that a generator cannot match.
The Concept
Every home runs on a breaker panel. Rows of switches that do one thing: trip when something goes wrong. A smart breaker panel does something fundamentally different. It monitors every circuit in real time, showing you exactly where power is being consumed. It gives you the ability to turn circuits on or off from your phone. And when the grid goes down, it decides instantly which circuits receive stored battery power and which ones wait.
This is the core principle: not every circuit in your home needs power at the same time. Your pool heater does not need to run during a blackout. Your EV charger can pause. But your security system, your refrigerator, your internet, and your lights absolutely cannot go dark. Power shedding is the intelligence that makes this distinction automatically, extending your battery runtime from hours to days.
Pair it with battery storage and the system is complete. The batteries charge from the grid during off-peak hours, from solar panels during the day, or from a generator as a last resort. When power fails, the transition happens in milliseconds. No startup delay. No engine noise. No fuel. Just continuity.
How It Works
Each element solves a specific problem. Together, they give you something no generator can: intelligent, silent, circuit-level control over every watt in your home.
Compact modules that clip onto your existing breaker panel. No rewiring. Each module monitors the real-time consumption of its circuit and can be controlled remotely. The result: your entire electrical panel becomes visible and controllable from your phone. You see exactly what is drawing power, and you can shut off any circuit from anywhere.
Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries mounted in your garage or utility room. They charge from the grid, from solar, or from a generator. Capacity scales from 20 kWh (essential circuits for 12-24 hours) to 200+ kWh (whole-home, multi-day). LFP chemistry lasts 10-15 years with minimal degradation and qualifies for the 30 percent federal tax credit.
The intelligence that makes the battery last. We program scenes that prioritize circuits based on conditions. When the grid drops, the "Essentials" scene activates in milliseconds, powering what matters and shedding what does not. When a storm approaches, "Storm Watch" pre-charges batteries to full. When you leave town, "Away" drops consumption to the minimum. You define the priorities. The system executes them without hesitation.
Real-time visibility into every circuit. Solar production, battery charge level, grid status, and consumption trends, all on your phone. Instant alerts for outages and tripped breakers. The ability to adjust priorities from anywhere. Revenue-grade monitoring that shows exactly how much electricity each circuit costs you.
Understanding Power Shedding
When demand on the electrical grid exceeds available supply, utilities are forced to cut power to entire neighborhoods to prevent a total system collapse. This is called load shedding. It is blunt, indiscriminate, and increasingly common. Texas experienced it during Winter Storm Uri. Florida sees it during hurricane season. California faces it during summer peaks. The grid was not built for the load modern homes place on it.
A smart home energy system flips this equation. Instead of the utility deciding when your power goes out, you decide where your power goes. This is power shedding at the home level. Your smart breaker panel evaluates every circuit and routes stored battery power to the ones you have prioritized. Non-essential loads are temporarily suspended. Essential systems stay on indefinitely.
The practical effect: a home battery that might last 8 hours powering everything can last 36 hours or more when power shedding scenes are active. That is the difference between running out of backup during a multi-day outage and sustaining your home comfortably until the grid returns.
Power Shedding Scenes
Each scene is a pre-programmed set of rules that determines which circuits receive power under specific conditions. When the trigger occurs, the system responds in milliseconds.
Grid drops. This activates automatically. Critical systems stay powered. Non-essential loads shed to extend runtime by 3-5x.
Severe weather detected. Batteries charge to 100 percent automatically. Non-critical loads shed to build maximum reserve before the event arrives.
Overnight, the home needs less. This scene reduces consumption to extend stored energy through the night, prioritizing security and climate.
During peak sunlight, solar powers the home directly and excess charges the batteries. Grid power is minimized to reduce utility costs.
The home is unoccupied. Non-essential circuits shed completely. Security, monitoring, and climate maintain minimum levels to reduce energy waste.
Maximum battery capacity. Every circuit is powered. Used when you have sufficient storage and solar generation to sustain your entire residence.
Battery vs Generator
Texas homes lost power for days during Winter Storm Uri. Florida sees multi-day outages every hurricane season. Generators helped, but they are a 20th-century solution to a 21st-century problem. Here is the honest comparison.
Already have a generator? Smart breaker panels integrate with it. The system orchestrates when the generator runs, which circuits it powers, and how battery reserves are prioritized alongside generator output. Many of our clients run both. The smart panel makes them work together intelligently instead of independently.
Systems We Specify
We are platform-agnostic. We specify the system that best serves your home, your existing infrastructure, and your long-term goals.
The only platform that unifies smart breakers, battery storage, EV charging, and whole-home automation under one app. Circuit-level control, revenue-grade monitoring, and power shedding scenes that integrate directly with your lighting, climate, and entertainment systems.
Smart Breaker · Battery Storage · Power SheddingModular micro-inverter battery system with exceptional solar integration. Industry-leading reliability and a strong choice for homes with existing Enphase solar installations.
Solar Integration · Modular · Retrofit FriendlyThe most recognized name in home battery storage. High capacity, strong solar pairing, and Tesla's Storm Watch feature for automatic pre-charging before severe weather.
High Capacity · Storm Watch · Solar BatteryCommon Inquiries
A home battery backup stores electricity so your home can keep running during a power outage. Unlike a generator, it is silent, produces zero emissions, and activates instantly. Modern systems use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries that last 10-15 years and can be paired with solar panels, smart breaker panels, or utility power to keep your home comfortable and safe regardless of what happens on the grid.
Smart breakers replace or augment traditional circuit breakers in your electrical panel, giving you precise control over every circuit in your home. During normal operation, they monitor real-time energy consumption. During an outage, they intelligently route stored power to the circuits that matter most, automatically shedding non-essential loads to extend your battery runtime. You control everything from your phone.
Power shedding is the intelligent prioritization of which circuits receive power during an outage or peak-rate period. Instead of backing up your entire home at once, the system creates scenes. An Essentials scene might power your refrigerator, lighting, security, and internet while temporarily suspending the pool heater and EV charger. This extends your battery life dramatically and ensures the things you care about stay on.
A residential battery backup system typically ranges from $15,000 to $50,000+ depending on capacity, the number of smart breaker modules, and whether solar integration is included. Many systems qualify for the 30 percent federal tax credit through the Inflation Reduction Act. Elite Technologies provides complimentary consultations with transparent, itemized proposals.
In many cases, yes. Modern battery systems with sufficient capacity (20-100+ kWh) can power a luxury residence for 12-48 hours or more, depending on your load. When paired with solar panels, they can sustain your home indefinitely. They are silent, require no fuel, produce no exhaust, and activate in milliseconds rather than the 10-30 seconds a generator needs to start.
Absolutely. Your battery system can charge from solar panels during the day, store excess energy, and discharge at night or during an outage. Eco modes coordinate solar generation, battery storage, and grid power automatically to minimize your utility costs. If the grid goes down, solar keeps charging your batteries so you never run out.
Yes. Smart energy systems provide real-time dashboards showing exactly where every watt of power is being consumed, circuit by circuit. You can create custom scenes, schedule energy modes, receive outage alerts, monitor solar production, and adjust priorities from anywhere in the world.
We are based in Dallas-Fort Worth and serve Dallas, Fort Worth, Highland Park, Southlake, Colleyville, Westlake, Aledo, Argyle, Austin, Marble Falls, and Granbury in Texas, plus Tampa, Sarasota, and Venice in Florida. National projects are considered by consultation.
We assess your electrical panel, your consumption patterns, your solar potential, and your priorities. Then we design a system that keeps your home running through whatever comes next.