SOLRITE Battery VPA · Illinois
Solar got you halfway.
The battery gets you
the rest.
- Real independence. Solar covers your daytime. The battery gets you through the night, the next storm, and the next grid event.
- A real Virtual Power Plant. Your battery quietly helps stabilize the Illinois grid against data center load and storm stress. Be part of the fix, not the bill.
- $0 upfront. 60 kWh Duracell battery, install, monitoring, 20 years of maintenance and replacement. Grid services revenue funds the equipment, you don't.
Why most Illinois solar owners are adding a battery
You went solar for a reason.
Maybe it was independence. Maybe it was wanting cleaner power for your home. Maybe it was watching peaker plants fire up while you sat there with sun on your roof and felt like the math should be better than this. Whatever brought you to solar, the panels alone are only half the answer.
Without storage, the grid still runs your home every night, and your daytime exports still flow back to the same grid you were trying to step away from. The battery closes the loop. Solar runs your home through the evening on your own power. When the next derecho hits, your lights stay on. You stop buying back energy you already paid to make.
How the Illinois
Battery VPA works.
You don't buy the battery
SOLRITE owns the Duracell equipment. You pay nothing upfront. No loan, no balloon payment, no $30,000 invoice for hardware that will need replacing in 10 years.
Grid services pay for it
Your Duracell battery participates in a real Virtual Power Plant, supplying dispatches, frequency response, and other grid services. That revenue covers the equipment cost. Your utility plan stays your utility plan. The program does not change your retail rate or your existing net metering arrangement.
You get backup + protection
Backup power for derechos, ice storms, and blizzards. For grandfathered (pre-2025) customers, the battery insures against ever losing 1:1 net metering. For post-2025 customers, every kWh self-consumed from the battery avoids exporting at the cut-down rate. SOLRITE covers all maintenance and any battery replacement during the 20-year agreement.
A note on what the battery saves you
The dollar value depends on when you went solar.
If you installed before 2025, you are grandfathered: your 1:1 retail net metering is locked in for the life of your system, and the battery does not change that. For you the battery is about backup power, insurance if you ever lose grandfathered status, and real grid contribution through the VPP.
If you installed in 2025 or later, you are not grandfathered, and the battery earns its keep on savings too. Exports under post-2025 rules earn only 8 to 11¢/kWh. The battery captures your excess solar instead, so your home runs on stored solar in the evening at full retail equivalent, roughly a 7 to 10¢/kWh delta on every kWh you keep.
Either way, backup, independence, and grid participation are the same, the Duracell battery participates in a real Virtual Power Plant, and the grid services revenue is what covers the equipment. That is why there is nothing for you to pay upfront, regardless of when you went solar.
$0
Upfront cost
60 kWh
Duracell battery storage
$0
Replacement cost
$20/mo
Monthly cost
Why a VPA, not a loan
The math is simpler. The risk is smaller.
Most home batteries cost $20,000 to $40,000 outright. Financing rolls that into a 10-year solar loan, plus interest. Lithium batteries typically last around 10 years in good conditions, meaning a buy-it-yourself system often hits a replacement bill before it is paid off.
With the SOLRITE Battery VPA, none of that is your problem. SOLRITE owns the Duracell equipment. If anything fails during the 20-year agreement, we replace it. You get the backup power and the rescued solar value, without ever taking on the financial risk of owning the hardware.
$0
Out of pocket
20 yr
Maintenance covered
$0
Replacement cost
About the equipment
Powered by Duracell.
The Duracell Power Center is an LFP (lithium iron phosphate) system built around the Max Hybrid 15 inverter, rated for 15 kW continuous output at 96.5% CEC efficiency. Stackable 5 kWh modules. AC-coupled, so it works alongside most existing solar inverters. Built for Virtual Power Plant grid services from day one.
Illinois Battery VPA FAQs
No solar yet?
The Battery VPA is for homes that already have panels.
If you are starting fresh in Illinois, our Solar + Battery VPA installs custom solar and a 60 kWh Duracell battery for $0 upfront, a separate program built for new installs.
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