As data centers and extreme weather increasingly tax power grids, every battery that stores energy at home has the potential to lower a demand spike by a tad. (Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images)

(Bloomberg) — For years, Americans have been blanketing their homes with scads of solar panels.

Now, they’re adding a growing number of batteries to store that electricity and protect against blackouts.

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