Why haven’t more homeowners installed batteries—despite growing outages and rising rates? I tend to agree with Vinnie Campo, co-founder and CEO of Haven Energy, who believes the answer lies in who owns the asset. 

But beyond who owns the asset (and assuming, then, that it should not be the homeowner?), is there a way to deliver a truly zero-cost, fully managed battery system that benefits both homeowners and the grid?

In this episode, Vinnie shares how Haven is flipping the script on residential energy storage. Backed by strategic investors (and co-founded by former Casper Mattress execs), Haven is creating a seamless path for utilities and CCAs to deploy batteries at scale—without burdening customers with financing complexity or upfront costs.

“This business wouldn’t have worked 3 years ago. The market, the incentives, the technology - now is the unlock moment.” - Vinnie Campo

We explore Haven’s creative partnership with one of those CCAs, Clean Power Alliance, helping deliver batteries to their base of 3 Million homeowners. We also learn just how they make it possible to deploy “zero cost” batteries, and why Vinnie’s background in energy trading helped bring this vision to reality.

👉 This isn’t just about batteries. It’s about solving the grid's most urgent problems—and unlocking energy resilience for everyone.

Expect to learn:
🔹 How Haven offers batteries at no cost ever to income-qualified homeowners

🔹 Why utilities and homeowners value batteries for very different reasons

🔹 The secret to aligning grid capacity with backup power needs

🔹 What makes VPP deployment finally scalable and financeable

RESOURCES:

Connect with Vinnie Campo:

• LinkedIn

Check out Haven Energy:

• Website | LinkedIn | X | Facebook | Instagram

Further Reading:

• The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

“The reason a customer wants a battery is very different than why a utility does - and that’s the problem we’re solving.” - Vinnie Campo

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