Sunrun prospects in California have begun to share the surplus solar energy they’re producing on their rooftops with their neighbors — growing grid resiliency throughout essential months of peak energy consumption.
Through an unique partnership with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Sunrun, a residential solar, battery storage and solar energy-as-a-service supplier, shortly reached most enrollment and energy capability targets of seven,500 new and present residential solar-plus-storage techniques and 30 MW within the Energy Efficiency Summer Reliability Program, also called Peak Power Rewards. Due to very robust curiosity, this system quickly expanded to eight,500 prospects and 34 MW, respectively.
The program supplies significant and versatile energy to help the grid, each night from 7-9 p.m. in the course of the months of August by means of October, when excessive temperatures problem California’s grid to satisfy peak energy demand. California is among the many prime 5 states with essentially the most hours of power disruption, making this program important to total grid well being.
Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun, says: “As we make vital progress in fortifying the grid and fostering partnerships with energy suppliers like PG&E, home storage networked into distributed power crops emerge as invaluable belongings.
“This program extension plays a unique and positive role in enhancing our state’s electric grid, reinforcing our commitment to empowering customers and communities with greater energy resilience and energy security, in a time where outages have become increasingly more common.”
Eligibility for Peak Power Rewards requires Sunrun solar and battery prospects in single-family properties to have an interconnection settlement with PG&E and never be enrolled in different demand response applications. Customers will obtain an upfront cost of $750 and a free sensible thermostat for taking part.
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