OhmConnect’s VPP model with Matt Dusterberg

OhmConnect is a virtual power plant (VPP) provider and helps balance the electricity grid. Will incentivize people to reduce usage at certain times. VPP definition of OhmConnect“Collection of 100s or thousands of devices that they are controlling all independently, but coordinating in a fashion that the grid can see it.” Topics covered: SunPower relationship Demand Response Thermostat control TV control Fridge control Looking at VPP as reducing demand rather than increasing supply Getting paid to take stuff offline Rewards Virtual currency Gift cards, prizes Smart plug Grid stability NEM 3.0 Resource adequacy CCAs (Community Choice Aggregation) Blackouts Negative energy DSGS (demand side grid support) Power and energy kWh 705.13 Energy Management Systems Power Control Systems UL 916 FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) Baselines Bitcoin Mining Pacific Gas and Electric Clean Power San Francisco Deregulated Grid ISO = Independent System Operator Leveraging smart meter data Text messages Google, Honeywell, Sinse Grid stability Leveraging new asset (energy usage) Moss Landing ESS DOE report need for 160 GW of storage Curtailing $1 Billion per year of solar energy in CA 4 wheeled ESS Value of discharging devices back into grid 120V Lithium-ion battery assisted induction stove Moduly small stand-alone battery unit www.moduly.io Smarter E Intersolar 2024 Year of the VPP Matt Dusterberg www.OhmConnect.com 100% clean energy for everyone Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean’s classes at www.HeatSpring.com/Sean