Facilities Dive: Energy Service Contracts Grow as Operators Look to Spread Costs

April 9, 2026 - Budderfly was featured in Facilities Dive as part of a broader look at the growing energy-as-a-service market, which is projected to expand from $42.7 billion in 2025 to $101.2 billion by 2035. The article highlighted Budderfly's expansion beyond its roots in chain restaurants and convenience stores into big box retail and small-scale manufacturing, as well as its $550 million debt facility and growing patent portfolio.

"We're still doing restaurants, multi-locations, convenience stores [and] manufacturing is now added," CEO Al Subbloie said. On the company's battery storage and VPP ambitions, he added: "We're trying to have that battery repurpose the concept of the creation of a new kilowatt hour. Whether that [kW] came from a solar panel or a higher-efficiency HVAC unit, however it got there, it's got the same value as a new kilowatt-hour."

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