Texas PUC Approves Two Tesla Virtual Power Plants

1.) Texas PUC approves two Tesla virtual power plants for Powerwall owners Houston and Dallas areas.

2.) Vermont Utility Green Mountain Power receives approval from the VT PUC to broaden home battery tariff offering past original 2,900 participants. Waitlist just for Tesla Powerwall at 1,200 customers following recent flooding.

3.) Engie to buy Broad Reach Power battery storage business for $1 billion, with 350 MW of grid scale storage assets currently operating and another 880 under construction.

4.) The U.S Dept. of Interior approves 704 MW Revolution Wind project 15 nautical miles southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, the fourth E. Coast commercial-scale, offshore wind project to date.

5.) China announces plan to develop a recycling network for used PV modules and other decommissioned equipment, to be activated within two years. 2030 goal is to handle all decommissioned plants, while creating solar and wind equipment recycling clusters.

6.) TVA to spend $15B over next 3 years to address regional growth, with the main investments in more generation, an upgrade of the existing infrastructure, and more security. CEO Jeff Lyash comments, current systems will have to “double or triple” over the next 30 years.

7.) J.D. Power releases Electric Vehicle Experience Public Charging study, showing that 20% of EV drivers visiting a charging station were unable to charge, generally because the stations were inoperable or lines were too long.