Tomorrow I'm talking with the folks at Renew Home, which is developing a 1 gigabyte VPP in Texas. Got any questions about residential VPPs? - ThreadSky

volts.wtf • 97 days ago

Tomorrow I'm talking with the folks at Renew Home, which is developing a 1 gigabyte VPP in Texas.

Got any questions about residential VPPs?

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amsha.bsky.social•97 days ago

How big does a VPP need to be for a given area to replace 50%, 90%, or 95% of base load generation?

plentynuff.bsky.social•97 days ago

that's Virtual Power Plant, for anybody else wondering

shreyasgp.bsky.social•97 days ago

what’s the difference between a VPP type system and more conventional utility side distributed energy resource management?

rockhouse.bsky.social•97 days ago

Seems to be the use of smart thermostats to allow utility companies to regulate your use.

gold-man-sacks.bsky.social•97 days ago

I’d like to know how they are tackling the customer acquisition cost problem.

hazdaz.bsky.social•97 days ago

What is a VPP?

azgict.bsky.social•97 days ago

Do you mean gigawatt?

volts.wtf•97 days ago

ha, yes

rigomundo.bsky.social•97 days ago

I was wondering the same!

theenergynerd.bsky.social•97 days ago

How far do they expect thermal demand response to get them? How will they manage customer comfort during DR events? What do they expect for opt-out? ConEdison's gas demand response pilot was...not great.

cbraun.bsky.social•97 days ago

Are there data privacy / (cyber)security concerns with residential VPPs? Like if they rely on real-time data from thousands of homes, couldn't that be exploited?

jaypay.bsky.social•97 days ago

We are part of David Energy's VPP in Houston.

wilfordp.bsky.social•96 days ago

Will utilities be able to curtail residential data mining during peak demand?

zoesamuel.bsky.social•97 days ago

Oh excellent, some of my friends work there!

sewersocialism.bsky.social•97 days ago

How do VPPs and public utilities interact? Can people in Austin be in their VPP?

xiaowang1984.bsky.social•97 days ago

Id like to know how they are planning to deal with constraints imposed by the distribution network

lisastrong.bsky.social•97 days ago

Is the VPP made up of individuals, like regular customers? If yes, what kind of comms/outreach get folks willing to participate? Seems there's resistance to smart-everything and giving up control to corporate/gov interests. Also, concerns about transparency and reliability.

ot-t.bsky.social•97 days ago

Will they work with or compete against existing utility-run DR programs for customers?

mulad.bsky.social•97 days ago

Gigawatt, I presume?

volts.wtf•97 days ago

yes

webdevgaur.bsky.social•97 days ago

Yes. What are those?

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