The Concrete Benefits of Virtual Power Plants — Episode 203 of Local Energy Rules

Local Energy Rules

Coordinated grid services benefit virtually everyone — with the exception of utility shareholders.
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Chris Rauscher, Head of Grid Services and Virtual Power Plants at Sunrun. Sunrun has partnered with utilities to reward their residential customers who dispatch electricity stored in batteries when the grid needs it. Rauscher explains the benefits of coordinating distributed energy resources, how residential solar and storage customers have saved their neighbors from blackouts, and why every utility could be offering a virtual power plant program.
Explore more resources at the link below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.
https://ilsr.org/articles/concrete-benefits-virtual-power-plants-ler203/