Energy Video Week 4 August 2023: Following PUC Decisions, VPPs to Expand in Texas and Vermont

Texas PUC approves two Tesla virtual power plants for Powerwall owners Houston and Dallas areas.

Vermont Utility Green Mountain Power receives approval from the VT PUC to broaden home battery tariff offering past original 2,900 participants. Waitlist just for Tesla Powerwall at 1,200 customers following recent flooding.

Engie to buy Broad Reach Power battery storage business for $1 billion, with 350 MW of grid scale storage assets currently operating and another 880 under construction.

The U.S Dept. of Interior approves 704 MW Revolution Wind project 15 nautical miles southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, the fourth E. Coast commercial-scale, offshore wind project to date.

China announces plan to develop a recycling network for used PV modules and other decommissioned equipment, to be activated within two years. 2030 goal is to handle all decommissioned plants, while creating solar and wind equipment recycling clusters.

J.D. Power releases Electric Vehicle Experience Public Charging study, showing that 20% of EV drivers visiting a charging station were unable to charge, generally because the stations were inoperable or lines were too long.