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Go When the Grid Says No: How Microgrids Can Solve Your EV Charging Problems

July 11, 2025

Waiting for grid upgrades? You don’t have to.

If your EV charging plans are stalled because the utility can’t keep up — join the club. Across the country, companies are trying to meet mandates and consumer demand for EV infrastructure, only to be told they’ll need to wait 12 to 36 months (or more) for grid capacity upgrades.

At Paired Power, we say: don’t wait. Innovate.

Solar + Battery + AI Software = Power You Control

Our modular microgrid solution delivers fully operational EV charging today — powered by the sun, stored in batteries, and optimized by intelligent software. That means:

No need to wait for utility upgrades
Fewer or no demand charges or unpredictable time-of-use spikes
Less time with your parking lot torn up

Even better? Our system is designed to plug into the grid later — so when more capacity does become available, you can simply boost your charging speed or add more ports.

A Smarter EV Charging Strategy

We engineered Paired Power to solve the biggest bottlenecks in EV charging — and we did it with solar, batteries and AI-driven software. Here’s how:

1. Solar Canopy

Our canopies generate the bulk of the kilowatt-hours (kWh) you need for EV charging, reducing or eliminating what you’ll need to draw from the grid. That’s clean energy from the start — and limiting your grid dependency.

2. Onsite Battery Storage

Batteries store excess solar during the day and can discharge that power later to reduce your peak-time costs or to time-shift the energy to when it’s needed. That means consistent power — even when the sun isn’t shining.

3. AI-Driven Load Management Software

Our software learns your usage patterns and dynamically adjusts charging to prioritize cost savings, grid capacity, and uptime. No wasted energy. No wasted money. The right amount of energy, right when you need it. At the most affordable cost.

4. Grid-Ready Infrastructure

When utility capacity improves, we don’t rip and replace. We simply add a grid connection and scale your system as needed.

Depending on your unique goals, we could add more chargers or increase the daily kWh delivered by your existing chargers. Because our hardware and software is built to work together, we can customize the flow of energy to meet your exact EV charging needs and preferences.

Real Impact, Fast ROI

Deploying our microgrid solution helps you:

Install EV charging months or years faster
Reduce operating costs
Save on utility bills by lowering demand charges
Future-proof your investment
Comply with EV readiness mandates without jumping through utility hoops
Take advantage of the solar Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC), as well as other state and local clean energy incentives
Meet your sustainability goals
Breathe easier by decreasing air pollution

Ready to Go Off-Grid — or On-Grid Later?

We’ve helped commercial property owners, fleets, corporate offices, schools, and municipalities stop waiting on utilities and start revolutionizing their EV charging with Paired Power now.

Go when the grid says no.

Scale when it says yes.

Let’s build the EV charging solution you need — without delay.