Base is building the future of American power.
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Jun 3
We’re now recruiting electricians, warehouse associates, and drivers as we expand into Illinois.
Base Power is a modern energy company delivering reliable, affordable power to neighborhoods in the Chicago area. We build and install high-performing battery systems to protect families from outages and lower their bills.
You'll help fix the grid and keep the lights on.
Come meet us at our open hiring event, where we'll share what we're building, walk through open roles, and run same-day interviews.
Date: Friday, June 5, 10am-1pm
Location: Midwest Coast Brewing - 2137 W Walnut St, Chicago, IL 60612
Registration link below.
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Base Power retweeted
May 14
We profiled the most hyped energy startup in America. Exclusive look inside the $4B startup, Base Power, with co-founders @JLopas & @ZachBDell
A former SpaceX engineer & a Thrive capital investor, rebuilding American energy dominance. Trying to do what SpaceX did to NASA and Anduril to Lockheed. But for energy.
Yep, a lot of ambition. So, what do they have to show for it?
0:00 Meet Zach & Justin: Raising $1.3B To Fix America's Grid
1:16 How The Grid Came 4 Minutes From Collapse
1:56 Zach: Why The U.S Desperately Needs A SpaceX for Energy
3:25 Justin Explain's Their Home Battery Installation
4:14 Why Thrive Capital Bet on Zach & Justin (feat. Avery Klemmer)
5:16 How Justin & Zach Met? (Anduril Factory Tour)
6:32 Zach’s Secret Co-founder Test on Justin
7:20 How Base Build Their Competitive MOAT...
10:34 Justin: “Everything you do more than once is a factory”
11:17 Zach: This Is How To Raise $1.3B from Tier-1 Funds...
13:38 How to Build An Elite Team & Culture
14:26 Zach: "I'm Never Stoked To Fire People, But..."
15:33 The Personal Cost of Being An Entrepreneur
16:35 Energy, China and America’s future
18:22 Unpacking The Chip on Zach's Shoulder
19:13 Zach: “I Am Not the CEO This Company Needs in 5 Years”
19:49 Sachin & Adam: Our 3 Biggest Takeaways
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Apr 29
"So far, its model has worked especially well in Texas’ largely deregulated energy market where customers can choose their energy provider. But this year, the company began partnering with other utilities to deploy its batteries in regulated markets throughout the state, and it has sights on other parts of the country."
time.com/article/2026/04/29/…
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Apr 13
We're excited to announce that our partnership with GVEC is expanding across their full service territory, deploying 50 MW of residential battery storage across South Central Texas.
This expansion builds on a successful pilot and enables GVEC to bring significantly more dispatchable capacity online, further demonstrating how the utility-led distributed storage model can scale rapidly across a cooperative's full footprint.
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Apr 8
Today we're announcing Base Energy, a new electricity plan open to any Texan that can choose their provider, battery or not.
Most Texans say they’re happy with their electricity provider. Our data shows 7 in 10 are overpaying and can save with our new plan. The reason is structural: our battery fleet generates revenue by supporting the Texas grid, and we pass those earnings back as a low, fixed rate that's guaranteed below market average, now and at renewal.
Renters, apartment tenants, homeowners not yet ready for a battery: if you're in Texas and can choose your provider, you're eligible.
Affordable, reliable power for all. That's the mission, and today we're a lot closer.
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Mar 11
Thanks to @mariogabriele and @thegeneralistco for having Zach on this week to talk about all things Base, grid, and American energy.
Mar 10
For decades, America’s electrical system has rewarded utilities for building more infrastructure, not for lowering costs.
The result is a grid that expanded but rarely improved. @ZachBDell, co-founder and CEO of @basepowerco, is building a different kind of power company.
In our conversation, we explore:
• How a failed college solar project and early energy experiments in India pulled Zach into the power industry
• How the U.S. grid’s regulatory structure discourages innovation and why Texas’s deregulated market creates space for new power companies
• Base’s “make, move, store, sell” framework for thinking about the full power stack
• How aggressive AI adoption is compressing cycle times and why slow adopters risk falling behind
Thank you to the partners who make this possible
- @meetgranola: The app that might actually make you love meetings: granola.ai/mario
- @brexHQ: The intelligent finance platform: brex.com/mario
(00:00) Introduction to Zach Dell and Base
(09:31) Lessons from Phil Jackson on aligning talented teams
(21:49) Justin’s strengths as a co-founder and how their partnership formed
(30:55) Why Base became the obvious focus
(41:44) How Base works in two market types
(50:43) The Gen 2 hardware mistake and the lesson in risk management
(58:45) How hiring at Base has evolved
(1:06:29) Final meditations
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Mar 6
We’re excited to announce a new agreement with @CoServ, deploying 100 MW of residential battery storage across their North Texas service territory.
The program is Base’s largest collaboration to date and one of the largest distributed residential energy storage programs led by a Texas electric cooperative.
This marks Base’s fifth utility collaboration in Texas, building on a proven model for rapidly bringing new capacity online.
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Mar 6
Through the program, @CoServ will dispatch the battery fleet to manage peak demand and strengthen grid reliability, while Members receive affordable whole-home backup power.
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Mar 6
Read the full announcement: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Learn how Base is working with utilities: basepowercompany.com/utiliti…
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Feb 20
Distributed energy storage is moving from concept to core grid infrastructure, and our partnership with @ElPasoElectric is a prime example of what that looks like in practice.
In this interview with PV Magazine, Tim Pianta, our Head of Utility Partnerships, shares how we're helping utilities like EPE unlock flexible, customer-sited capacity faster and more cost-effectively than traditional buildouts.
Read the full interview: pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/…
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Base Power retweeted
Feb 15
5 years ago today, a major winter storm, Uri, plunged into the southcentral U.S. -- some of the coldest sustained weather in a century for Texas. A massive human and financial crisis ensued in the wake of the energy sector's failure to keep gas flowing and the lights on. 🧵
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Feb 12
Thanks to @LizClaman and @FoxBusiness for having Zach on yesterday to talk about Base's growth, our new partnership with El Paso Electric, and continued expansion.
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Feb 10
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with @ElPasoElectric, launching a pilot program that will use home battery systems to strengthen the electric grid during times of high demand.
This program represents a scalable model for utilities seeking to add 24/7 dispatchable, demand-side capacity to the grid on significantly shorter timelines than traditional infrastructure buildout, supporting El Paso Electric in addressing local capacity constraints while improving customer resiliency.
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Feb 5
Energy infrastructure can’t wait another decade. We’re building the next generation of power, now.
Join us, we’re hiring.
Feb 4
Zach Dell, the son of billionaire computer pioneer Michael Dell, seeks to shore up the Texas power grid with an army of batteries installed one home at a time on.wsj.com/4bwoKLN
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