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VPP Goes Municipal: New Orleans’ $30 Million Neighborhood Battery Plan Is a Playbook for Multifamily and Master Plans

VPP Goes Municipal: New Orleans’ $30 Million Neighborhood Battery Plan Is a Playbook for Multifamily and Master Plans

In December, the New Orleans City Council approved a $30 million, three-year “Neighborhood Power Plan” to pay for solar-tied batteries and coordinate those systems as a single, dispatchable resource — a virtual power plant. For commercial real estate owners, investors and planners, it’s a signal that VPPs are leaving pilot-land.

Sunrun and NRG Want Texas Homes to Act Like a Power Plant. CRE Should Pay Attention.

Sunrun and NRG Want Texas Homes to Act Like a Power Plant. CRE Should Pay Attention.

Sunrun and NRG Energy are building a Texas-based virtual power plant (VPP) that will aggregate home batteries and dispatch them into the ERCOT market during peak demand. If you own or develop master-planned communities, build-to-rent neighborhoods or large multifamily portfolios, this is a signal that “energy amenities” are evolving into grid-interactive living.

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