White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge reinforces need for American-made LFP batteries for the grid

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Sacramento, CA – July23, 2026

White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge reinforces need for American-made LFP batteries for the grid

President Trump’s announcement today to expand the Ratepayer Protection Pledge means affordable energy starts with Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. The White House’s expansion of the Pledge brings 200 more utilities, data center developers, cooperatives, and states into this growing national commitment to bring their own power, instead of relying on ratepayers.

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The White House plan means under the Pledge, large data center operators, not ratepayers, fund the electricity generation and infrastructure their projects require. 

Sparkz is strengthening the grid with its LFP Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).

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Sparkz family of products includes the SparkzCore22 and SparkzQube560, 100 percent made in the US, satisfies the growing demand of the grid, spanning the entire spectrum from residential to commercial/industrial to data centers.

“The move toward the future of the grid is no longer about technology; it’s about scaling battery manufacturing and having a domestic and secure supply chain,” said CEO and Founder Sanjiv Malhotra.

Malhotra served under Trump during the president’s first term in the US Department of Energy, understanding how the need for battery energy storage will power America for decades to come.

Sparkz delivers solutions and brings relief to strained grid and stressed ratepayers with our LFP battery products.

 

This is the Sparkz way.

The only company succeeding in establishing the LFP battery ecosystem in the US. We are making this from scratch–high-performance material made from abundant American materials, such as lithium, iron, phosphate, Cells and the complete Battery system. All 100% made in the USA.

 

 

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Michelle Bandur, Sparkz VP of Marketing and Communications (402) 720-2791 michelle@sparkz.energy

Founder & CEO

Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra

Dr. Sanjiv Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Sparkz—the battery start-up reinventing the energy supply chain.

 

Malhotra has been a leader in the energy sector for nearly three decades as a founder, investor and executive. Most recently, he served as the inaugural director for the Energy Investor Center at the U.S Department of Energy (DOE), serving under both Democratic and Republican administrations.

 

At DOE, Malhotra led the Obama Administration’s initiative to boost public-private partnerships to accelerate the commercialization of technologies developed in national research centers like Oak Ridge National Labs.

 

Malhotra was recruited to the Department of Energy after a successful exit of Oorja Protonics—the world leader in methanol fuel cells—which he founded and led as CEO for 10 years. Oorja raised $50 Million in equity financing from leading VCs such as Sequoia, DAG Ventures, Artis Capital and others during his tenure. He boosted Oorja’s revenue and profitability growth, while expanding operations globally in Japan, China, South Africa, Mexico, and India.

 

Oorja was acquired in 2014 by the Private Equity firm MinXing Growth Fund.

 

As an investor and consultant, Malhotra has worked at leading venture capital firms, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as an advisor on clean energy and advanced materials.

 

Earlier in his career, Malhotra led the engineering and product development team at H Power, a pioneer in hydrogen fuel cells. As part of the management team, he managed the successful IPO, which raised more than $100 million in August 2000.

 

He began his career as a post-doctoral fellow at the renowned Lawrence Berkeley National Labs on electrochemical storage systems. Dr. Malhotra has authored seven patents and more than 40 publications in various fields of energy storage technology and materials. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering and an M.B.A from University of Iowa.