Julia Calderon’s battery is connected to hundreds of others in a network known as a virtual power plant. Photos by Colin Kinniburgh/New York Focus.
Julia Calderon’s battery is connected to hundreds of others in a network known as a virtual power plant. Photos by Colin Kinniburgh/New York Focus. ( Colin Kinniburgh/New York Focus)

ENERGY. In Warwick pilot program, home batteries help power the town.

How a more flexible grid could save New York billions
25 Feb 2026 | 12:22
Home

Julia Calderon’s power used to go out regularly. She lives in Warwick, and remembers once having to bury an ice cream cake in the snow to keep it from melting on her daughter’s birthday.

“Somehow it worked okay. We’re so used to it,” she said of the outages.

But when a major winter storm hit last month,...

Go back
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
Go forward