How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should

August 28, 2026 · 9:00 am 1 sources

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• How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should
  MIT Technology Review · August 28, 2026 09:00
  MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Your thermostat may not look like a power plant. Neither does your electric vehicle, home battery, or HVAC system. But utility and energy companies increasingly want to treat them like one. A virtual power plant, or VPP, is a…