Virtual power plant (VPP), microgrid and distributed energy management provider CPower Energy is being acquired by independent power producer NRG Energy as part of an estimated $12 billion buy for numerous gas-fired generation and DER platforms which have belonged to CPower’s parent company LS Power.
The deal announced this weekend includes 18 natural gas-fired power plants owned by LS Power across nine states. The generation capacity for those gas turbine facilities is close to 13 GW and doubles NRG Energy’s total generation portfolio, according to reports.
Much of NRG’s customer load is in Texas, and this acquisition includes power plants in the Lone Star State. Meanwhile, NRG is also getting the commercial and industrial VPP platform developed by CPower and which is deployed in all of the nation’s deregulated energy markets.
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