North Texas gets hit from both ends of the thermometer — ice storms that snap power lines in February and heat domes that strain the grid all summer. VirtuGrid installs a whole-home backup battery at no upfront cost, so whatever knocks the Oncor grid out, your home stays on.
Recent history in the Metroplex reads like a stress test:
Rolling blackouts across North Texas stretched for days in single-digit temperatures — millions of homes cycling on and off, pipes bursting, families huddled around fireplaces.
Back-to-back winters of ice accumulation and violent spring winds left hundreds of thousands of Oncor customers dark, some repeatedly in the same season.
Triple-digit stretches push ERCOT demand to record highs, with conservation appeals landing right when your AC matters most.
The pattern isn't changing — DFW keeps growing, the grid keeps straining, and the homes that ride out every event without a flicker are the ones with a battery in the garage.
VirtuGrid serves homeowners across the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex — inside the Oncor service territory, where the retail electricity market is deregulated and you choose who supplies your power.
VirtuGrid supplies and installs a whole-home backup battery at no upfront cost. We own it, monitor it, and maintain it for the life of the program — nothing for you to manage.
While the grid is up, your battery works alongside thousands of others across Texas to support it. That's the revenue that funds your free battery and your lower rate.
The instant the grid drops, the energy reserved in your battery is yours and your home switches over automatically. The outage everyone else feels never reaches you.
You also get a low, all-in electricity rate that's typically below what you're paying now — many households save around 30% versus their prior bill.*
*Savings compared to typical local utility pricing. Actual savings vary by utility, plan, household usage, and energy-market conditions, and are not guaranteed.
There's no purchase price and no install bill — VirtuGrid covers the equipment and installation, and we own and maintain the system. In exchange, you take your electricity through our program for the term of the agreement. The full trade is spelled out in plain English on our main page.
Fair question — Uri lasted the better part of a week for some neighborhoods. On battery alone, most homes run 18–36 hours on a full charge. But we're a solutions-based company, so our systems include a small solar component that recharges the batteries while the grid is down. That's what turns backup power from a Band-Aid into a solution.
Generally you'll need to own your home in the Oncor service area and have a suitable spot for the battery. The fastest way to find out is the 30-second check — no credit check, no obligation.
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