How a Texas Co-op is Increasing Reliability with its Virtual Power Plant

25/06/2025 20 min Temporada 5 Episodio 6

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Episode Synopsis

Since Winter Storm Uri left Texans in the dark four years ago, electric cooperatives and their members have actively pursued ways to harden the grid and increase community resiliency. In this episode of Power Plays, Will Nichols with Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative describes how its pilot project uses battery storage and other controllable devices to provide dispatchable generation.