During California's intense heat wave earlier this month, home batteries delivered 745 MW of average power to the state’s grid for several hours, setting a new record for the largest residential distributed power plant dispatch in U.S. history. On back-to-back nights, Sunrun and Tesla answered the call from the CA Energy Commission to support the grid and put downward pressure on energy prices. In addition to strengthening grid reliability, Sunrun also puts money back in the pockets of households that share their energy with the grid. Sunrun CEO Mary Powell said, "These record-setting events prove that the energy infrastructure already installed in people’s homes can deliver power at a scale that makes a real difference for the grid.” Read more: bit.ly/4yJeLve

With affordability and speed to power at the center of today’s energy conversation, Virginia is recognizing a critical piece of the equation: the fastest, lowest-cost path to more power starts with getting more value out of the infrastructure we already have. Governor Abigail Spanberger’s recently announced Virginia Energy Plan calls for the "deployment of 10 GW of aggregated DER participation by 2045 as a key strategy to most effectively meet demand growth while reducing overall system costs." Sunrun is helping make that future possible. Through our partnership with Everyday Electric (formerly Renew Home) and Tesla, we are making 16.8 gigawatts of flexible capacity available to support the grid nationwide today. In Virginia, 300 megawatts are available for immediate deployment, with capacity expected to grow to at least 500 megawatts by 2030. By installing new distributed energy resources in homes and coordinating them with millions of existing devices, we can bring flexible capacity online quickly, reduce peak demand, strengthen grid resilience, and help lower energy costs for American households. Read the entire plan at bit.ly/47gGojh