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Residential Battery as Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Study

Project Number ET21PGE7300 Organization PG&E End-use Other Sector Residential Project Year(s) 2021 - 2021
Description

PG&E’s Demand Response Emerging Technology (DRET) group initiated a Battery Study to investigate the ability to utilize residential photovoltaic solar systems paired with a Tesla Powerwall home battery systems to support state electric grid reliability in times of high electricity demand by creating a virtual power plant (VPP).  PG&E designed the pilot to assess whether it could enroll residential battery owners in a program to dispatch Tesla Powerwalls to send energy back into the grid during times of high demand.

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The ETCC is funded in part by ratepayer dollars and the California IOU Emerging Technologies Program, the IOU Codes & Standards Planning & Coordination Subprograms, and the Demand Response Emerging Technologies (DRET) Collaborative programs under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. The municipal portion of this program is funded and administered by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.