How I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC units
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纽约市约千户家庭参与初创公司Every Electric提供的免费电池项目，将家用电池接入窗户空调，在用电高峰时段维持制冷，并通过联合爱迪生公司的需求响应计划获得收益。作者一家今夏借助两台家用电池，在高温穹顶期间持续使用空调，改变了以往需提前预冷再关机的做法。
My family has spent four summers participating in demand response programs whereby utility companies pay customers to reduce energy use on the hottest summer days. Most summers have involved carefully precooling our New York City apartment before switching off the air conditioners and sweating it out during the designated demand response periods.
But this year, we kept our window air conditioners running throughout a heat dome event that drove daytime temperatures into the triple digits and made the nights oppressively hot. The difference was that we powered the air conditioners through two household batteries tucked away unobtrusively in the corners of our living room and bedroom.
We were among about 1,000 New York City households that took part in a free and growing program offered by the local startup Every Electric. The company’s proposition is simple: Get one or more batteries delivered to your home, plug the batteries into a standard wall electrical outlet, and then plug your window air conditioners into the batteries. Households can keep running air conditioners as usual during peak demand periods while also earning money through the local demand response program with the utility company Con Edison.
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