Government and Commercial Battery Backup Program

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Reliable Power During Outages

CA’s Self Generation Incentive Program and specifically the Equity Resiliency Program is part of California’s climate adaptation effort to help our homes and critical services be ready for an uncertain climate future.

The Equity Resiliency Program provides financial incentives for installing energy storage technologies at both residential and non-residential facilities.

Batteries provide reliable backup power during power outages, they also stabilize the grid. Paired with solar PV generation, you can use clean, reliable energy day and night, day after day.

If your facility is located in a high fire zone or were subject to 2 or more public safety power shut offs (PSPS) & you meet both of the following criteria, you are eligible for the SGIP rebate.

  1. Provide critical facilities/infrastructure during a PSPS event to at least one community that is eligible for the equity budget and that is located at least partially in a Tier 3 or Tier 2 HFTD or were subject to two or more discrete PSPS events prior to the date of application for SGIP incentives, and

  2. The Non-Residential customer also must be one of the following:

    i. Police stations; ii. Fire stations; iii. Emergency response providers with the addition of tribal government providers; or iv. Emergency operations centers; v. 911 call centers (also referred to as Public Safety Answering Points); vi. Medical facilities including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, blood banks, health care facilities, dialysis centers and hospice facilities; vii. Public and private gas, electric, water, wastewater or flood control facilities; viii. Jails and prisons; ix. Locations designated by the IOUs to provide assistance during PSPS events (CRCs); x. Cooling centers designated by state, local or tribal governments; xi. Homeless shelters supported by federal, state, or local, or tribal governments; xii. Grocery stores, corner stores, markets and supermarkets that have average annual gross receipts of $15 million or less as calculated at the single location applying for SGIP incentives; xiii. Independent living centers; xiv. Food banks.