Date: November 2024

Battery storage adoption has grown to more than 10 GW in California and Massachusetts. Several virtual power plant (VPP) pilots have taken advantage of this resource and helped grow it to respond to grid reliability concerns and record demand. This panel will highlight four diverse, rapidly growing VPP implementations which have collectively enrolled over 33K customers, 170 MW, and 24 battery providers/aggregators. The presenters will describe the design elements that make their VPPs unique, including program rules such as incentivizing grid exports, market-aware dispatch, and use of submeter data for pay-for-performance calculations. The presenters will share their experience from program launch to operations and provide the audience tips on how to go about implementing such programs. Additionally, the presenters will highlight the value these VPPs have provided to the grid over the last few years by examining performance characteristics such as resource duration, response time, and overall demonstrated capacity.

Speakers:
Paul Wassink, National Grid
Abigail Shelton, Olivine
Randy Chiu, Pacific Gas and Electric
Joshua Rasin. SMUD