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Utility Dive: Financing for California’s Signature Virtual Power Plant Remains Uncertain

Echo Stewart May 20, 2026 No Comments

Utility Dive reports that California's nation-leading virtual power plant (VPP) program, called the Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program, could lose funding under Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal. United’s Brandon Garcia…

Utility Dive: Michigan, New York Lawmakers Consider Virtual Power Plant Bills

Echo Stewart March 25, 2026 No Comments

Utility Dive reports that Michigan lawmakers are considering a bill (SB 731) that would require the state's major electric utilities to develop virtual power plant programs that pay distributed energy…

Utility Dive: New Mexico VPP Bill Would Allow Third-party Aggregators to Participate

Echo Stewart February 11, 2026 No Comments

Utility Dive reports on the New Mexico Grid Reliability through Integrated DERs (GRID) Act, which would require the state's three investor-owned utilities to set up virtual power plant (VPP) programs…

Utility Dive: House GOP Budget ‘Worse Than Feared’ for Clean Energy’ – Analysts

Eric Gordon May 22, 2025 No Comments

Utility Dive reports on the U.S. House of Representatives' narrow passage of a budget bill that guts federal support for wind, solar, storage and other advanced energy industries. The article cites…

Author: Brian Martucci

Utility Dive: Financing for California’s Signature Virtual Power Plant Remains Uncertain

Utility Dive: Michigan, New York Lawmakers Consider Virtual Power Plant Bills

Utility Dive: New Mexico VPP Bill Would Allow Third-party Aggregators to Participate

Utility Dive: House GOP Budget ‘Worse Than Feared’ for Clean Energy’ – Analysts