Wanna know where the front lines of VPPs are? Look no further...

Volts host Dave Roberts sits down with EnergyHub’s Seth Frader-Thompson, to review the DERMS leader’s VPP MATURITY MODEL – which also doubles as an up to-the-minute snapshot of where “grid edge” technology is – and where it still needs to go.

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Lunar Energy Raises $232 Million to Scale Virtual Power Plants.

The start-up, founded by former head of Tesla Energy, Kunal Girotra, is trying to solve a fundamental coordination problem on the grid.

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WattsNewz is heading down to San Diego for Intersolar. Yes, really!

Lights, camera and defintely action!  WattsNewz is heading down to San Diego next week for Intersolar – and at last count, exhibitors alone have tipped past 2,400 companies.  We’ll be on the floor, runnin’ and gunnin’.  Hope to see you there!

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Why Electricity Bills Are So High
(and Why it's Getting Worse)

Data centers? A.I.? Tariffs? Aging infrastructure?   We found this explainer video from CNN not only fleshes out the drivers behind higher prices, but also succinctly presents all those reasons in context.  (6:00 min)

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"California is a Postcard from the Future!"

WattsNewz caught up with David Hochschild, Chairman of the California Energy Commission during a recent Canary Live event to tout the strides California has made with renewables and electrification. (:90)

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