Featured news articleCan virtual power plants relieve PJM’s price problem?PJM Interconnection’s most recent capacity auction moved money like a Princess Diana bear at the height of the Beanie Baby craze. Read article
Read moreApr 13, 2023DER Experts Give MISO Aggregation PointersWith MISO still years away from allowing DER aggregators to fully participate in its markets, the RTO hosted experts to discuss best practices and data sharing.
Read moreApr 10, 2023Virtual Power Plants Bypass Costly Infrastructure Projects And Build Rapport With StakeholdersForbes covers USEA's media briefing on the evolving role of virtual power plants, including commentary for former FERC Chairman and Voltus's Chief Regulatory Officer, Jon Wellinghoff.
Read moreApr 5, 2023Solar panels and energy storage are worth the cost to integrate into US grid, executives say“We have to figure out how people can pay for these resources, and to pay for them we have to value them correctly,” said Jon Wellinghoff, a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman and Voltus's Chief Regulatory Officer.
Read moreApr 4, 2023Solar panels and energy storage are worth the cost to integrate into US grid, executives sayUtility Dive covers USEA's media briefing on the evolving role of virtual power plants, including commentary for former FERC Chairman and Voltus's Chief Regulatory Officer, Jon Wellinghoff.
Read moreApr 3, 2023Challenges for Distributed Energy Resources and Virtual Power PlantsUSEA held a virtual press briefing, during which energy reporters from WSJ, Utility Dive, Energy Central, and Forbes interviewed industry experts, including Voltus’s Chief Regulatory Officer and former FERC Chairman, Jon Wellinghoff, on the growing role of Virtual Power Plants.
Read moreMar 29, 2023California tops the virtual power plant marketWood Mackenzie report finds that California has more VPPs than the three follow-up U.S. states combined.
Read moreFeb 26, 2023Maryville approves Voltus help with energy demand responseMaryville trustees have approved a distributed energy resource agreement with Voltus.
Read moreFeb 23, 2023North America virtual power plant (VPP) market: H1 2023This report analyzes the state of the VPP market today in the US and Canada, based on a database of over 500 VPP projects.
Read moreFeb 23, 2023Virtual Power Plants Near Prime TimeVoltus this week launched a VPP program in Illinois with Resideo, Google Nest and Ecobee.
Read moreFeb 15, 2023Companies see thaw in MISO state opposition to aggregated demand responseJon Wellinghoff discusses Michigan’s recent DR aggregator ban lift, in addition to other states within MISO (like Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana, and Arkansas) eyeing Michigan’s progress to potentially follow suit.