VPP Policy Initiatives

Virtual power plants (VPPs)— grid-integrated aggregations of many individual distributed energy resources (DERs)—are taking off around the world. But in order to deliver on their promise, policy changes are needed to foster VPP adoption, accelerate decarbonization, and improve grid stability.

On this episode of Grid Decentral: Conversations on New Energy, host Peter Asmus chats with Avery McEvoy, Senior Associate, Carbon-Free Electricity at RMI, about the VP3 coalition to scale VPP adoption and its initiatives to overcome policy, regulatory, and market-specific challenges in the United States.

Episode Resources

• RMI Website
• VP3 Website
• RMI Policy Brief: VPP Policy Principles
• AutoGrid Policy Brief: Smart Regulatory Frameworks to Accelerate Smart Energy Solutions: Policies to Scale VPPs
• Report: Decarbonizing Homes: Improving Health in Low-Income Communities through Beneficial Electrification