Lake LBJ Power, Managed Whether You Are Here or Not
A lakefront estate on Applehead Island or up in Summit Rock draws hard, even when no one is home. Two and three HVAC zones working against a granite-country July, a pool pump and a heated spa, a boathouse with its own lights and lifts, a guest casita, landscape lighting strung across a large lot down to the dock — it all lands on one panel, and a Horseshoe Bay home that sits empty four nights a week still needs that panel watched. Savant Power gives you a true, circuit-by-circuit picture of where the energy goes, live, from your phone in Austin or Houston. You stop wondering whether the casita HVAC ran all week and start seeing it. On a part-time lake home, that visibility is worth as much as the savings it produces.
The other half of the work is keeping the lights on when the Hill Country grid does not cooperate. Out here, summer thunderstorms and the occasional ice event drop power without much warning, and a dark house at the end of a long lakeside drive is no place for a freezer full of food and a failed sump in the boathouse. We pair Savant Power with battery storage and, where the roof and the lot allow, solar — so an Escondido or The Trails estate carries its critical loads through an outage on its own, holding the kitchen, the network, the security, and the pool and well equipment first. When you are away, the system manages the home for you, shedding heavy loads off peak hours and standing ready for the next storm. You arrive to a house that has been looking after itself, lights on, lake waiting.
How We Do It in Horseshoe Bay
Load & Panel Assessment — We come out to your Horseshoe Bay home, map every major load from the main house to the boathouse, and study the panel to learn what it carries and where it is already strained.
Energy Strategy & Proposal — A plan built around a lake home that runs part-time — pure monitoring, monitoring plus battery, or a full solar-and-storage build. Equipment listed, savings modeled honestly.
Electrical & Storage Build-Out — Licensed electricians install the Savant Power module, battery storage, and any solar, coordinating with the local utility and the county before a single load moves.
Circuit-Level Configuration — Every important circuit is named and metered, so the pool, the casita, the boathouse, and the HVAC read as distinct lines instead of one mystery number.
Backup & Load-Shed Programming — We set which circuits ride through an outage first and program automatic load-shifting so heavy loads ease off peak windows on their own while you are away.
Walk-Through & Handoff — We show you the live dashboard on your phone, explain how the house behaves in a storm whether you are there or not, and stay a call away.
Who We Help in Horseshoe Bay
- You own a lakefront estate on Applehead Island or at Summit Rock and want to see exactly which loads run while the house sits empty during the week
- You are tired of Hill Country storms knocking out power and want battery backup that holds your critical circuits at the lake
- You keep a second home in The Trails or Escondido and want it managed remotely so nothing runs needlessly between visits
- You are building or renovating near Cap Rock and want solar, storage, and circuit monitoring designed in before the walls close
- You run a pool, a boathouse, and a guest casita and want those heavy loads shifted off peak rates without lifting a finger
The Frustrations We Hear Most
- A summer electric bill on a part-time lake home that climbs with no clear sense of which circuits are responsible
- A whole-home generator that is loud across the water, thirsty, and only half-trusted when a storm finally hits
- Pool pumps, spa, and multiple HVAC zones overloading a panel that was never sized for a modern lakefront estate
- No backup at all when a Hill Country thunderstorm or ice event drops the grid and the house sits empty
Licensed, Insured, Quietly Compliant
- Certified Savant dealer serving Horseshoe Bay and the Highland Lakes
- Fully licensed and insured in the State of Texas
- All low-voltage and structured wiring meets NEC and Texas code
- Manufacturer-backed warranties on every piece of installed equipment
- 2-year labor warranty covering all installation work
The Questions People Actually Ask.
Will Savant Power lower the bill on a home I only use part of the year?
That is exactly where it earns its keep. On a part-time lake home, the biggest waste is the load you never see — a casita HVAC left running, a pool heater cycling all week, a boathouse circuit no one remembers. Savant Power shows you each of those as a named line, live from your phone, so you can shut down what should not be running. It also shifts the heavy loads off peak hours automatically. The savings on an empty house add up faster than people expect.
Do I need solar to get battery backup at the lake?
No. Many Summit Rock and Applehead Island homes start with battery storage alone, tied to the grid, purely for storm protection and load-shifting. Solar is a strong addition when the roof orientation and the large lot allow it, but the Savant Power module and batteries deliver real value on their own. We will tell you honestly whether solar pencils out for your particular property and exposure.
How does the house behave in a Hill Country outage when I am not there?
When the grid drops, the system isolates the home and your batteries pick up the critical circuits you chose in advance — typically the kitchen, network, security, and the pool or well equipment. You get an alert on your phone, and the house holds itself together until power returns, at which point it reconnects on its own. You can be in Austin and know your lake home rode the storm out fine.
Can it handle the pool, the spa, and several AC zones at once?
Yes, and that is a common Lake LBJ problem. The system meters the pool equipment, the spa, and each HVAC zone as separate loads and can stagger or throttle them when the house is drawing hard, so a hot afternoon never trips the panel. For larger estates we often pair this with a panel upgrade to give a big lakefront home real headroom.
Do you handle the permits and the utility coordination?
We do. Solar, storage, and panel work in the Highland Lakes area require permits, inspections, and interconnection paperwork with the local utility. Our licensed electricians pull everything, schedule the inspections, and manage the utility side, so you never chase a form. You get a finished, inspected, grid-approved system at your lake home.
