A group of heavy hitters, including Ford, General Motors, Google Nest, OhmConnect, Olivine, SPAN, SunPower, Sunrun, SwitchDin, and Virtual Peaker, has formed a coalition that aims to scale up the market for virtual power plants in a bid to increase the resiliency of the grid and help decarbonize the electric sector.
The new organization, which is led by the Rocky Mountain Institute, is named the Virtual Power Plant Partnership, or VP3, and is funded by its founding members as listed above. The intent of VP3 is to work to “catalyze industry and transform policy to support scaling VPPs,” and to that end, the coalition will be working closely with businesses that are leading in such sectors as EVs, residential energy systems, building controls, software providers with utility-facing solutions, and more.