What kind of virtual power plant would you choose?

Published on October 22, 2026

Hello, everybody! Welcome back to California Wire. This week, I’m going to be talking about  virtual power plants again — but not the ones  set up by utilities and tech giants or run by  solar-battery vendors like Sunrun and Tesla. Instead, I want to dive into a pretty radical new concept: letting participating…

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