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The Real Story of Texas VPP Policy
On the DER Task Force podcast, Arushi tells the inside story of how ERCOT’s virtual power plant program was forged.
DER Task Force
In brief
The DER Task Force sits down with Arushi, the policy wizard who, while at Tesla Energy, helped turn Texas into one of the DER capitals of the world. She gives the in-depth history of how ERCOT’s VPP program was forged, a story co-host James McGinniss was also part of. They also talk about the rest of her time at Tesla, case studies in Australia and the UK, how regulators still don’t understand organic consumer adoption patterns, where residential DERs are headed, and what she is focusing on now with Luminary Strategies.
Key points
- 01How ERCOT’s virtual power plant program was forged, from the inside.
- 02Case studies from Australia and the UK.
- 03Where residential distributed energy is headed.
