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title: "Thousands of Texas homes are about to form a huge virtual power plant"
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description: "Abundance Energy, sonnen, and Energywell are collaborating to create a large virtual power plant (VPP) in Texas, focusing on the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas. This initiative combines home batteries, solar power, and advanced software to form a network of homes that can support the grid. Customers installing sonnenConnect batteries will benefit from lower bills and improved reliability during extreme weather. The VPP aims to replace Tesla as Texas's largest virtual power plant by 2026, managing energy use in real-time to optimize performance."
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# Thousands of Texas homes are about to form a huge virtual power plant

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Abundance Energy, sonnen, and Energywell are teaming up to bring smarter, more resilient energy to Texas homes through a huge new virtual power plant (VPP) initiative.

By combining behind-the-meter home batteries, solar power, and advanced energy software, the trio is building a network of connected homes that can work together to support the grid. Customers who install sonnenConnect home batteries through Abundance Energy will now be part of a system that automatically stores and shares power when it’s needed most. That means lower electricity bills, better reliability during extreme weather, and a cleaner energy mix overall.

The VPP will cover all of ERCOT, with the primary focus in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas. Each home will have two 4.8kW/20kWh sonnenCore+20 battery units. The current customer base that will be enrolled in the VPP equals 60 MWh, and this will continue to grow each month. The VPP is already on track to replace Tesla as the largest virtual power plant in Texas by the end of 2026.

Here’s how it works: The batteries are continuously managed using Energywell’s Proton platform and sonnen’s smart VPP technology. This system monitors solar generation, customer energy use, and real-time electricity prices, and then decides when to charge or discharge each battery. Instead of just sitting idle, these batteries turn into mini power plants that can react to grid needs in real time.

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