Powell: Over one-third of new Sunrun solar customers want battery storage
Mary Powell · The future of the home solar market · Jan 31, 2022 · at 21:52
Sunrun CEO Mary Powell outlines the battery storage attach rate and interest level among new residential solar customers.
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“I would say well over a third of those customers are interested in storage as well when they're going solar.”
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