** Shares of solar company Sunrun RUN.O rise 5.3% to $11.21 in premarket trading
** Sunrun and Tesla's TSLA.O retail electric provider unit, Tesla Electric, enter a partnership for a home energy plan focused on RUN's solar and battery storage solution for customers in Texas
** The new plan aims to maximize solar production, provide battery backup power for outages and energy independence
** Up to last close, RUN up 15% YTD
(Reporting by Pranav Mathur in Bengaluru)
((Pranav.Mathur@thomsonreuters.com;))