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Vermont turns home batteries into a virtual power plant
Original: Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries
Green Mountain Power is linking thousands of home batteries across Vermont into a virtual power plant, drawing on stored household energy to keep the grid stable during storms and peak demand. The utility says the approach is cheaper than building new peaker plants and helps customers ride out outages, drawing attention as a model for decentralised clean energy.
Why now: It offers a striking example of a utility avoiding new power plants by aggregating home batteries, resonating amid storm disruptions and energy-transition debates.
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