NRG Energy, a power generator and retail electricity provider, has partnered with Renew Home, a residential virtual power plant (VPP) operator, to create a 1-GW artificial intelligence-powered VPP in Texas.
The companies plan to distribute and install hundreds of thousands of VPP-enabled Vivint and Nest smart thermostats free of charge to eligible customers over the next decade with the dual goals of bolstering the resilience of the Texas power grid and reducing household energy costs.
“As rapid population growth and weather events create new challenges for meeting demand in ERCOT, VPPs can deliver a reliable, flexible and dispatchable energy resource,” Ben Brown, CEO of Renew Home, said in a statement.
VPPs use an intelligent control system and bidirectional technology to aggregate energy from networked resources located at multiple sites, such as rooftop solar systems, batteries, electric vehicles, smart thermostats and other distributed energy resources.
“This marks a pivotal step forward in our efforts to deliver more value and an enhanced experience to customers while empowering them with our virtual power plant capabilities,” said Rasesh Patel, president of NRG Consumer.
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