Overview
- The multi-year partnership will aggregate residential solar-plus-storage into a dispatchable resource for the ERCOT grid during peak demand.
- Sunrun will be paid to aggregate capacity, and participating Reliant customers will receive payments from Sunrun for exported battery energy.
- Smart battery programming will time charging and discharging to align with retail rate plans and grid needs.
- NRG set a goal to help build a 1 GW virtual power plant by 2035 through this initiative.
- The rollout is at the commercial enrollment stage in Texas rather than a large-scale dispatch phase.