TESLA POWER

Tesla has reportedly filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to provide electricity directly to customers, according to agency records.

The application, which was first reported Thursday by Texas Monthly, was submitted by a Tesla subsidiary called Tesla Energy Ventures and has a filing date of Aug. 16, based on information provided on the Public Utility Commission’s website.

While Tesla currently uses big batteries to help other companies transmit, store and consume energy, the application marks an effort by the technology giant to provide electricity directly to customers in Texas.

The filing follows reports earlier this year that Tesla subsidiary Gambit Energy Storage was secretly building a more than 100-megawatt energy storage project in Angleton, Texas.

Bloomberg noted at the time that a battery that large could have the capacity to power roughly 20,000 homes during the summer.