Case Study: Alectra achieves bill savings and grid flexibility with Sunverge Virtual Power Plant software

Alectra boosts bill savings by 12% with Sunverge Virtual Power Plant software

The customer, Alectra, the second largest municipal utility in North America, sought to explore the management of distributed energy storage to provide customer benefits and grid support. To solve this challenge, Alectra partnered with vendor Sunverge to pilot its Virtual Power Plant (VPP) aggregation software.

Sunverge implemented its VPP platform to control a fleet of residential batteries, allocating capacity for both grid services and customer savings. The solution provided Alectra with grid benefits like frequency regulation and demand response, while also delivering an additional 12% in bill savings for customers. A study found that scaling the Sunverge model could result in a cumulative net benefit of $140 million for Ontario and provide 140 MW of dependable capacity.

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