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Sunrun and NRG Launch Texas Partnership to Build Home-Battery Virtual Power Plant

The alliance opens enrollment for Sunrun households to link batteries with Reliant plans for ERCOT peak-demand support.

Overview

  • The multi-year deal integrates Sunrun solar-plus-storage with NRG’s Reliant retail service in Texas.
  • New and existing Sunrun customers can enroll to aggregate home batteries into a dispatchable resource for the ERCOT grid during high demand.
  • Bundled offers include optimized electricity rates with smart battery programming that times charging and discharging.
  • Sunrun will be paid to aggregate capacity, with participating Reliant customers compensated for sharing stored solar energy.
  • NRG describes the initiative as a step toward a 1‑GW virtual power plant by 2035.