These partnerships with the country’s leading utilities and DERMs providers are helping to accelerate SolarEdge’s momentum in the distributed energy sector, adding significant capacity to the company’s growing VPP portfolio. The company also continues to expand its grid services portfolio globally, participating in VPP programmes across Europe, Australia, and Canada.
Currently, over 40 percent of SolarEdge sites with a battery in the US participate in incentive programmes, enabling homeowners and TPO partners to earn rewards for supporting grid stability during peak demand.
By connecting thousands of batteries into coordinated VPP networks, SolarEdge helps maximise the return on clean energy investments while contributing to a more resilient grid.
Several new programs have been launched by the company this year, including:
Arizona Public Service (APS) – a performance-based programme for customers who provide support to the grid during peak demand periods. Participants can receive $110 per kW based on the average kW their battery releases throughout the event season.
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) – has launched its first residential battery-focused demand response programme, enabling homeowners to earn up to $120 per kW (averaged over all events) for supporting grid reliability during summer and winter seasons. Payments are issued twice annually.
Expanding energy storage programme to South Carolina – building on SolarEdge’s ongoing success with a prominent North Carolina utility, our South Carolina solar plus energy storage programme can provide up to $624 per year in ongoing incentives for customers.
New York State Programmes – including National Grid, NYSEG, and Rochester Gas & Electric, which complement NYSERDA’s Expanded Storage Incentive offering up to $6,250 per system.
These new programmes join the record-breaking Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) programme in California and a first-of-its-kind programme in Puerto Rico, both of which are setting new benchmarks for distributed energy participation and grid resilience.
“Virtual power plants are fundamentally changing the economics of home energy storage” said Tamara Sinensky, Senior Manager of Grid Services Product in North America at SolarEdge. “This shift is accelerating adoption and proving that distributed energy can be both personally beneficial and essential infrastructure for our communities.”
SolarEdge is a key innovation partner to technology providers like Uplight, helping to scale the transition to a more resilient, affordable, and lower-carbon grid.
A partnership between EnergyHub and SolarEdge enables battery owners to participate in utility programmes across North America via the EnergyHub Edge DERMS platform. A leading provider of clean energy software and services, EnergyHub helps 120+ utilities manage over 1.8 million distributed energy resources (DERs) and more than 2.5 GW of flexible capacity with customer- centric VPP programmes and cross-DER optimisation.
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