virtual power plant | East County Magazine eastcountymagazine.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastcountymagazine.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
/PRNewswire/ As extreme heat records fall across the West and strain the power grid, San Diego Gas & Electric is piloting a new cleantech innovation known.
The virtual power plant is a cleantech innovation that uses customer-owned smart thermostats, rooftop solar, energy storage and other connected resources such as water pumps to adjust power usage.
San Diego Gas & Electric will pilot a "virtual power plant" in the East County community of Shelter Valley intended to reduce energy demand and put electricity back on the grid as the region enters a heat wave and the power grid becomes strained, it was announced Monday.