BANDERA — When the electricity went out in his neighborhood in early December, Tom Cook’s lights didn’t even flicker. Four batteries tied into his rooftop solar system took over, keeping the lights ...

An energy experiment three weeks ago involving some 2,800 Bakersfield homeowners and roughly 100,000 others across California may point to a new way of keeping the lights on during times of peak ...

California’s biggest virtual power plant is facing over $100 million in funding cuts due to the state’s ongoing budget crisis, threatening the long-term viability of a program that can act as a ...

VPPs tap into everyday home technologies, including solar panels and batteries, by transmitting excess stored energy to the ...

Picture an all-electric home with smart appliances that talk to each other via WiFi to figure out when to pull power from the grid. That’s the idea behind something called ‘virtual power plant’ ...

Connecticut officials are hoping to boost participation in the state’s nascent energy storage program through the use of a new artificial intelligence platform designed to create networks of home ...

A virtual power plant (VPP) is a network of decentralized, small- to medium-scale power generating units, flexible power consumers, and storage systems that are aggregated and operated as a single ...

If what happened on July 29 in California is any indication of the future of the power grid, then there is reason for optimism. Let’s look at it from the perspective of Tom Weldon, who owns a house on ...

You already know that a smart thermostat can help you save energy in your home and that an electric car can cut down on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. But you might not know that these ...

Hot Texas summers continue to push peak demand for electricity to new heights as the population and economy grows, more data centers are built and EV adoption increases. The state’s monthly energy ...

It’s easy to think of an electric grid—in a town, county, or entire state—as a monolith. The reality is, a grid represents a dense system of individual users and businesses, each of which has their ...

Tens of thousands of homes equipped with rooftop solar and home battery storage in California and Texas are linking up in the latest examples of a growing and innovative energy solution called the ...