This startup pays NYC residents to run air conditioners on free batteries

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