Congratulations to Sunrun CEO Mary Powell on being named to the 2026 TIME 100 Climate List, recognizing the world’s most influential leaders advancing climate solutions.
Under Mary’s leadership, Sunrun is accelerating the adoption of home battery storage and distributed power plants that deliver reliable, dispatchable energy to the grid. By unlocking the power already installed in 1.2 million homes, Mary is helping expand grid capacity, lower energy costs for families, strengthen energy resilience, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
TIME's senior correspondent Justin Worland writes:
"Mary Powell is CEO of Sunrun, which has grown from a residential solar provider in the U.S. into a major operator of home batteries that can send power back to the grid when it is most needed. These distributed resources can add flexibility and capacity without relying solely on large, centralized power plants. This October, batteries from Sunrun delivered record power to California’s grid during a heat wave, supporting the system through peak demand and helping prove the argument that batteries already installed in homes can provide grid-scale power. Under Powell’s leadership, Sunrun is helping households participate in the energy transition."
Mary sees the opportunity clearly:
“Americans are choosing to generate and store their own power, and increasingly, to share energy with the grid when it’s needed. They’re moving from being passive energy consumers to active participants in the system. When I think about millions of homes doing that together, I see a tremendous opportunity, not just to make our energy system more resilient, but to give people a meaningful role in the climate solution.”
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Under Mary’s leadership, Sunrun is accelerating the adoption of home battery storage and distributed power plants that deliver reliable, dispatchable energy to the grid. By unlocking the power already installed in 1.2 million homes, Mary is helping expand grid capacity, lower energy costs for families, strengthen energy resilience, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
TIME's senior correspondent Justin Worland writes:
"Mary Powell is CEO of Sunrun, which has grown from a residential solar provider in the U.S. into a major operator of home batteries that can send power back to the grid when it is most needed. These distributed resources can add flexibility and capacity without relying solely on large, centralized power plants. This October, batteries from Sunrun delivered record power to California’s grid during a heat wave, supporting the system through peak demand and helping prove the argument that batteries already installed in homes can provide grid-scale power. Under Powell’s leadership, Sunrun is helping households participate in the energy transition."
Mary sees the opportunity clearly:
“Americans are choosing to generate and store their own power, and increasingly, to share energy with the grid when it’s needed. They’re moving from being passive energy consumers to active participants in the system. When I think about millions of homes doing that together, I see a tremendous opportunity, not just to make our energy system more resilient, but to give people a meaningful role in the climate solution.”
See the entire TIME100 Climate List: time.com/collection/tim…
#TIME100Climate #Leadership #EnergyIndependence #BatteryStorage #SpeedToPower
