Editorial & Corrections Policy

Site name: US Home Battery Backup

Last updated: November 5, 2026

How content is made

Content is drafted with AI assistance and then edited by a human editor before publishing. AI drafting does not replace checking: every price, programme rate, tax statement, and product specification that affects a reader's money decision must be checked against a primary or official source before the page goes live, and the source must be linked on the page.

No page is published on the basis of a blog summary, a directory listing, or a social-media post alone where an official source exists.

What "checked" means on this site

Each money page carries:

• A "last checked" date for its prices and programme figures

• A source link for each programme rate, rebate, and tax statement

• The formula and assumptions for every calculator result, shown on the calculator page itself

State programme figures are re-checked quarterly at minimum, and sooner when a programme, utility, or tax rule is known to have changed. A page whose programme figure is out of date is updated or unpublished — it is not left live with a stale figure and a new date.

What the calculators do and do not do

Calculators use only the inputs the reader provides, plus the labelled ranges and examples shown on the page. They do not invent a rebate for a state, a price for an installer, or a saving for a home. Where a figure is not known for a reader's state or utility, the calculator leaves it blank or at $0 and marks it TODO — it does not fill it with a guess, a national average presented as a local rate, or another state's rate.

Corrections

If an error is found — a wrong rate, a changed programme, a mislabelled figure — it will be corrected on the page, and the correction will be noted on the page with the correction date where the error could have affected a money decision. Readers can report an error via [TODO — contact method].

Corrections are not made silently for money figures. Typo fixes that do not change a figure or a meaning do not need a correction note.

Independence and payment

• No manufacturer, installer, or marketplace pays this site to change a calculator result, a formula, or a programme figure.

• If a link on a page earns the site a commission or lead fee, that link carries a disclosure beside it (see Affiliate Disclosure). Commission does not change the maths, and pages are not ranked by commission.

• If commission ever did affect the order or inclusion of a product or installer on a page, that page would have to say so explicitly. Until then, the ranking criteria on comparison pages are the criteria stated on those pages (price range, size, warranty terms, and programme fit as stated) — not commission.

What this site will not publish

• Guaranteed savings, discounts, or payback figures as a benefit of using a link

• A programme rate without a source and a check date

• A copied exam, manual, or spec-sheet passage presented as original work

• Installer "reviews" that are not based on disclosed criteria and genuine checking

• Tax, legal, or installation instructions presented as professional advice

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