How a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Can Reduce Your Electric Bill
Reduce Peak Demand
Use stored energy during periods of high electricity demand to help reduce your facility’s reliance on grid power during peak periods.
Shift Energy Usage
Charge batteries when electricity is more favorable and discharge during higher-cost periods, where the applicable utility rate structure makes energy shifting beneficial.
Improve Energy Resiliency
Energy storage can provide additional flexibility during grid interruptions and support critical operations when paired with the appropriate system design and controls.
Maximize Solar Investment
Pair BESS with solar to store excess solar generation and make that energy available when your facility needs it—such as later in the day or during periods of higher demand.
Manage Energy More Strategically
Instead of simply purchasing electricity from the grid, energy storage can give your business another tool for managing when electricity is consumed.
Is BESS Right for Your Facility?
Every facility is different. The potential value of battery storage depends on factors such as:
- Electricity consumption patterns
- Peak demand and demand charges
- Utility rate structure
- Facility operating hours
- Existing or planned solar generation
- Available electrical capacity
- Critical-load requirements
- Local utility programs and incentives
- Project size and economics
That’s why MSI starts with your actual energy usage rather than recommending a one-size-fits-all battery system.
We’ll help evaluate the opportunity before you make an investment.
What Is a Battery Energy Storage System?
A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) stores electricity when it is available and makes that energy available when your business needs it most.
For commercial and industrial facilities, energy storage can provide greater flexibility in managing electricity consumption and help businesses respond to changing energy costs and grid conditions.
MSI works with qualified energy-storage providers to help businesses evaluate whether BESS makes sense for their facility and develop a solution based on their specific energy profile.
Our Approach
- Analyze
We review your electricity usage, bills, demand profile, facility characteristics, and energy objectives.
- Identify Opportunities
We determine where energy storage may provide value—including demand management, energy shifting, solar integration, and resiliency.
- Develop a Strategy
MSI works with qualified technology and project partners to develop an appropriately sized solution for your facility.
- Evaluate the Economics
We help you understand the potential costs, savings opportunities, incentives, and expected project economics.
- Implement
Once a project moves forward, our partners can support engineering, equipment, installation, and system implementation.
Built Around Your Energy Strategy
BESS shouldn’t be evaluated in isolation.
MSI Utilities already helps businesses manage electricity procurement, natural gas, solar, energy efficiency, and other energy-related opportunities. Adding energy storage to that strategy can provide another way to manage electricity costs and consumption.
Our goal is simple: Find the right energy strategy for your business—not simply sell you a battery.
BESS + Solar
Get More From Your Renewable Energy Investment
Solar generation and battery storage can work together to create a more flexible energy strategy.
During periods of solar production, excess electricity can be directed to the battery rather than immediately exported or left unused, depending on the system and applicable utility rules.
Stored energy can then be used when solar production decreases or when electricity demand increases.
Solar + Storage can help businesses:
- Increase utilization of onsite solar generation
- Shift energy availability to later periods
- Reduce reliance on grid electricity during selected periods
- Support broader sustainability objectives
- Improve overall energy flexibility
MSI can help coordinate the energy strategy and connect your business with qualified partners for system design and implementation.
Ready to Explore Energy Storage?
Your facility may have an opportunity to use energy more strategically.
Let MSI Utilities evaluate your electricity usage and determine whether Battery Energy Storage could make sense for your business.
Call MSI Utilities: 1-800-490-4427
Battery storage economics, available incentives, utility programs, and system performance vary by location, utility, facility, and project design. A site-specific analysis is required to determine potential benefits.