Date: May 2026

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (“O&R”) in a partnership with Sunrun has fully enrolled, installed, and is operating the first Virtual Power Plant (“VPP”) implemented by a utility in New York State. Through REV funding, the ISBM (Innovative Storage Business Model) Virtual Power Plant project has installed 345 residential solar-plus-storage systems that aggregate to approximately 1.6 MW / 3.2 MWh in flexible resources. The VPP can be activated by O&R during times of peak demand to assist the electric distribution system. The ISBM project functions with a customer signing a lease agreement with Sunrun for the solar system, O&R subsidizes the cost of the battery and gives the customer an option for a free battery, and O&R receives primary dispatch rights to the battery for 10 years.

O&R and Sunrun will present: Total customer population vs. total addressable market; marketing/adoption; dispatches for load relief, data analysis, and performance dashboard creation.

Speakers:
Christian Woods, Orange and Rockland Utilities
Temma Pelletier, Sunrun
Ralph Devitto. Orange and Rockland Utilities