State policymakers and regulators are feeling the urgency to rein in prices. Residential virtual power plants put households in control, rewarding them for using the smart thermostats, EV chargers, and rooftop solar and batteries they already own to support the grid. With millions of households already opting in to these smart features, VPPs are ready to start lowering household bills now.
That new capacity can be a powerful lever to bring down utility costs and pass those savings onto customers. But for these tools to deliver bill relief in the near-term, state leaders need to put them into action quickly. That means updating state policies so demand flexibility can be counted, compensated, and deployed to meet new demand, make better use of the grid, and help lower costs for households.
In this Frontier Forum, Everyday Electric’s Will Baker and Brattle’s Ryan Hledik will join Latitude’s Maeve Allsup to offer a practical guide to implementing VPPs at the state level. This event will unpack a new study from The Brattle Group, prepared for Everyday Electric, which found that a model utility-scale virtual power plant can reduce rate increases for average households by more than half.
Brattle’s research, which modeled the five-year trajectory of a utility-scale VPP, quantified the benefits across the utility ecosystem, and translated those efficiencies into household cost savings. With real-life case studies, Will and Ryan will put these insights into practical next-steps for regulators, policymakers, and utilities to lower residential energy costs in 2027.
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