"On March 4, 2025, a windstorm cut across Texas and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Outside Dallas-Fort Worth, the pattern was the same as the storm swept through one of Lennars new communities: the grid went down, the neighborhood went dark. But 46 homes in that same communitythe ones with a Base Power Company battery bolted to the wall and wired into the paneldidn't even flicker for an instant."
"Altogether, 121 of the roughly 300 Lennar homes in Texas that had a Base battery installed lost grid power that day. Between them, Base's units delivered more than 771 hours and 700-plus kilowatt-hours of backup power. One household ran for more than 23 hours without a grid connectionlights on, refrigerators cold, routers humming, medical devices poweredwhile the rest of the area waited for utility crews."
"It was a single, contained event, but it echoed a much broader, accelerating pattern in the real world and in real time. Global insured losses from natural catastrophes are expected to reach $107 billion in 2025, the sixth straight year topping $100 billion. Wildfires and severe storms in the U.S. alone now account for 83% of those losses. The Los Angeles wildfires alone produced $40 billion in insured damage earlier this year, the costliest wildfire disaster on record."
"Insurers have moved from simply pricing risk to actively requiring mitigationdefensible space in wildfire zones, hardened materials in hail and hurricane regions, and, in some cases, premium credits for resilience upgrades. At the same time, the homebuilding market sits in a suspended animation. Builder confidence ended the year at 39, still deep in negative territory, and two-thirds of builders are using incentives to move buyers off the fence."
On March 4, 2025, a Texas windstorm cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes; in one Lennar community, homes with Base Power Company batteries remained fully powered. Forty-six battery-equipped homes experienced no interruption, while 121 of about 300 Lennar homes with Base batteries lost grid power and received over 771 hours and more than 700 kilowatt-hours of combined backup. One household ran more than 23 hours with lights, refrigeration, routers and medical devices sustained. Global insured losses from natural catastrophes are projected at $107 billion in 2025, with U.S. wildfires and storms accounting for 83%. Insurers require mitigation while the homebuilding market shows weak demand.
Read at www.housingwire.com
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