Cut The Cord is a 144-page book by Vincent Battaglia, MBA, founder of Renova Solar and Mycrogrid. The Second Edition explains how rooftop solar, battery storage, and home microgrids let homeowners produce, store, and control their own electricity instead of depending on a utility monopoly.
"It's our right to be able to create and use our own power as we see fit. Solar alone is only part of the solution - when you add battery storage to the picture, now you really control your own energy destiny."
While rooftop solar has only recently had its tipping point, solar + storage in the form of batteries, will be following closely behind.
In this updated version by Vincent Battaglia, MBA, "Cut the Cord: How to Achieve Energy Independence by Joining the Solar-Powered Microgrid Revolution", he examines the evolution of microgrids and explains this very accessible option for homeowners.
"People are ready to be free of energy provider monopolies," Battaglia explains. "It's our right to be able to create and use our own power as we see fit. Solar alone is only part of the solution - when you add battery storage to the picture, now you really control your own energy destiny."
Battaglia founded Renova Solar in 2006 in Southern California and serves as CEO for the $30 million company that was the first in the country to be accredited by NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) and was named the SunPower Residential National Dealer of the Year in 2015. He is also the founder of Mycrogrid, a company focused on providing storage solutions for residential and commercial applications.
The book, in brief
Cut The Cord explains how solar generation, battery storage, and microgrid technology can give homeowners greater control over how their electricity is produced, stored, and used. The Second Edition traces how microgrids evolved and why solar paired with batteries is now a practical option for a single home.
A solar-powered microgrid is a local energy system that combines solar generation, battery storage, and controls to produce, store, and manage electricity for a home, business, or community. It can run alongside the utility grid or, when sized and configured for it, operate independently of it.
Cutting the cord means reducing or ending a home's dependence on a utility monopoly by generating electricity on site with solar and storing it in batteries. As the book puts it, solar alone is only part of the solution — adding storage is what lets a household control its own energy.
Vincent Battaglia, MBA, is an energy entrepreneur and the founder of Renova Solar and Mycrogrid. He founded Renova Solar in Southern California in 2006 and serves as its CEO; the company was the first in the country accredited by NABCEP and was named SunPower Residential National Dealer of the Year in 2015.
The book is written for homeowners and business owners weighing solar and battery storage, and for readers who want an accessible, non-engineering introduction to how microgrids work and what energy independence actually requires.
Purchase the Second Edition directly from CutTheCordBook.com through PayPal, or order the paperback on Amazon. ISBN 9781599325736.
A single copy is $9.99 USD when purchased directly from CutTheCordBook.com, and a ten-copy bundle is $75.00 USD. The Spanish translation is free.
Yes. A Spanish translation of Cut The Cord is available as a free PDF download from CutTheCordBook.com, at no cost and with no registration required.