Virtual Power Plant Straw Proposal Released
On July 16, 2026 the New Jersey BPU released for public comment a Straw Proposal outlining proposed approaches to New Jersey’s first Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Program,…
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July 16, 2026
July 8, 2026
H5175 Passes House and Engrossed in Senate
On July 1, 2026 H5175 in the State of Massachusetts was amended is an emergency bill that was drafted by the House Ways and Means Committee as a replacement to formerly…
July 7, 2026
Reminder – 22 New Virginia Laws Effective July 1, 2026
HB891 – Siting of battery energy storage projects; commercial solar photovoltaic generation facilities. This new law among other things prohibits a host locality…
June 11, 2026
Wide Range of Opinions Filed in Response to Virtual Power Plant RFI
Parties filed responses to the VPP RFI -Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Request for Information (RFI) -issued on April 20, 2026 and revised on May 6, 2026 concerning the…
May 27, 2026
Extensive Comments Filed Re: Establishing a Virtual Power Plant Program
In a New Jersey BPU proceeding concerning virtual power plants, extensive comments were filed by parties on a wide range of topics including whether the electric…
May 7, 2026
PSC Issues Order on Electric Utilities VPP/DERR and Cybersecurity Reports
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order regarding the electric utilities’ VPP/DER Conceptual Reports and Office of Cybersecurity status report.…
April 20, 2026
Equipment Vendors Lead in Virtual Power Plants While States Set Market Rules
Equipment vendors are racing to add customers to virtual power plants (VPPs) while efforts to create the networks within regulatory boundaries proceed comparatively…
EMC’s The Energy Insider Podcast Episode 18 Now Available on MAGNIFYI.com
EMC’s The Energy Insider podcast episode #18 is is now available on MAGNIFYI®. You can watch the video podcast in the MAGNIFYI® Podcast section. In Episode 18…
March 27, 2026
Energy Storage and Virtual Power Plant Bills to Watch
Several state lawmakers are considering energy storage related bills that among other things would require the regulators and electric utilities to develop virtual power…
March 9, 2026
Aggregation Creates Virtual Power Plants in ERCOT
Virtual power plants are being added for real-time dispatch by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) at such a rate that the grid operator is expanding an…
