About 1.4 million customers in Arizona will be paying more for electricity now that regulators have approved a rate hike proposed by the state's largest utility.
You do realize that in some states those privately owned battery systems are offered up to help with peak demand events, right? Owners sign up to be part of a virtual power plant, allowing the utility to send power from the batteries to the grid when needed. The utilities pay the owners for that power, and limit how often they can do it. And owners can opt out at any time.
You do realize that in some states those privately owned battery systems are offered up to help with peak demand events, right? Owners sign up to be part of a virtual power plant, allowing the utility to send power from the batteries to the grid when needed. The utilities pay the owners for that power, and limit how often they can do it. And owners can opt out at any time.
I recall that there’s a trial run of that from 1 power company and it’s not been rolling out very long now.
They’re in wide use in a number of states. The 4 biggest leaders of VPP’s are California, Texas, New York, and Massachusetts:
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/03/29/california-tops-the-virtual-power-plant-market/