This startup is building a network of home batteries to help solve the grid’s woes

Haven works with homeowners to freely installs batteries and solar to homes that qualify for state incentives around areas where the grid is particularly overloaded.

As data centers strain the power grid, utilities are scrambling to build new power plants. But a startup in California is one of a handful focusing on the problem from a different angle: building a network of batteries and solar panels at homes to relieve pressure on the grid more quickly.