I don’t live in Texas, I live somewhere that the natural gas doesn’t go out because people will die if it does, so our infrastructure is winterized and maintained. We get some -30F every winter and the natural gas service is always there.
You could swap out the NG generator for a diesel one with a day tank and then you don’t have to worry about NG service :)
A 30kwH battery wall is going to last 6-12 hours at most anyways.
I can’t recall NG service disruptions on a large scale in my state, and I’m 37.
Point being you could target your outage range based on what you want to prep for at a fairly low cost (assuming $50/kWh).
Add on a solar system to any of these and you'd have indefinite power without a reliance on surrounding infrastructure.
For my home, 30kWh would give me ~24hr of power.
Even if you want a fossil fuel generator, you could have an auto switch to battery for the short outages so you don't have to go crank on the generator.
My whole house generator runs on natural gas. Indiana natural supply gas is stable and afaik never stopped in the last 20 years. It automatically fires up 6 seconds after power goes out and runs my entire house including EV charger. It’s fairly quiet, cannot hear with windows closed.
Cost like 5k and 2K install. Really hard to beat that in the near term with battery.
No it doesn’t do the demand shift part of a battery, but it’s pretty clearly better as an emergency solution, at least for my needs.
You could swap out the NG generator for a diesel one with a day tank and then you don’t have to worry about NG service :)
A 30kwH battery wall is going to last 6-12 hours at most anyways.
I can’t recall NG service disruptions on a large scale in my state, and I’m 37.