Kin Battery
City of Riverside · RPU customers
Your city's utility is one of the fair ones. Own your power anyway.
RPU credits exported solar around the avoided-cost rate — below the retail you pay back. A Tesla Powerwall keeps your production for your own evenings, backs up your home through heat-wave outages, and makes you indifferent to whatever changes next. Honest math, no villain story, no pressure.
from $167/mowhole-home backupevery outage covered
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Riverside Public UtilitiesService territory
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Whole-home
Backup through every outage & shutoff
from $167/mo
One battery, financed — protection for less than you'd expect
$350/yr
Grid income per battery (estimated)
✓Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer·✓Licensed & insured·✓We handle the rebate paperwork end-to-end
Why Riverside homeowners choose Kin
Tesla
Powerwall Certified Installer
100%
of permitting + interconnection, handled for you
10-yr
Tesla warranty (≥70% capacity)
Tesla-certified installation. We handle permitting and RPU interconnection end to end — including RPU's battery review step.
First — are you eligible?
If your bill says Riverside Public Utilities, this applies.
Open to any RPU homeowner. RPU adds its own review step for battery interconnection — we handle it and build the timeline in up front. We confirm your exact export and retail rates at the review, in writing.
Your electric bill
Utility providerRiverside Public Utilities ✓
Service areaCity of Riverside
BatteryNew Powerwall
✓ Honest math + heat-wave backup
The honest gap
Export low, buy back higher — smaller here, but real.
Riverside isn't SCE — rates are lower and the utility is yours. But the export math still favors storing your own power over selling it back cheap, and the Inland Empire summer still takes the grid down when it's hottest.
How it works
Keep your power. Keep your cool.
✓Store daytime solar and use it at full value in the evening
✓Automatic backup through heat-wave and equipment outages
✓Works with or without solar — pairs with existing panels untouched
✓Whole-home coverage, AC included, with a second Powerwall
What you're actually getting
Everything in your Powerwall package.
One battery
Essentials backup
Installed$17,000–$22,000
Your cost$17,000–$22,000
Monthlyfrom $167/mo
Most popular
Two batteries
Whole-home backup
Installed$28,000–$36,000
Your cost$28,000–$36,000
Monthlyfrom $273/mo
Financing from 9.99% APR over 20 years — or pay cash. Monthly is illustrative, on approved credit, and shown before energy savings & grid income.
Most Riverside homeowners start with one battery near $167/mo — then energy savings and grid income bring the real cost down from there.
Your exact price and monthly depend on system size, credit — your Kin advisor confirms every number against your real bill.
How it works
Three steps. We do the heavy lifting.
1
Get your number
A 60-second estimate — no phone call, no obligation to see it.
2
We handle the paperwork
Design, permitting, and Riverside Public Utilities interconnection — end to end.
3
Install + stay powered
Pro install, then your home rides through every outage on its own.
Your personalized numbers
See what your home qualifies for.
Inland Empire heat doesn't care which utility's name is on the bill — and Riverside's own program credits exported solar well below retail. The homes that handle the next heat-wave outage are the ones that prepared in the calm.
Step 1 of 4 · about 60 seconds
Let's see what your home qualifies for.
Start with your ZIP — takes 60 seconds, no phone call to get your estimate.
The Kin Promise:100% no-obligation. We confirm every number against your real utility bill before anything is signed — no high-pressure sales, no cold calls. Our installation work is backed by our workmanship warranty.
No high-pressure sales. No cold calls. Your full quote in writing — yours to keep and compare.
The storm rolls through. Your lights stay on.
Questions, answered.
Is this the same as the SCE deal?+
No — and we won't pretend it is. RPU is a municipal utility with its own rules and lower rates than SCE. The export-vs-retail gap is real but smaller; we show your actual numbers and let them speak.
Do I need solar?+
No. A Powerwall on its own is automatic outage backup and can charge outside expensive hours. With solar, it also captures the export gap.
Is there a rebate?+
RPU doesn't currently offer a battery rebate, and California's general-market SGIP funding is waitlisted. If you're income- or fire-zone eligible we check SGIP Equity honestly — a rebate is a bonus here, never the headline.
What's this extra RPU review step?+
RPU reviews battery interconnections in addition to standard permitting. We file it, track it, and set the timeline expectation up front so it never surprises you.
What does it cost per month?+
Most homeowners start with one battery for a low monthly payment on the financed price. We show every number and confirm against your real RPU bill before anything is signed.
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