Residential VPP firms tackle credibility gap as demand-response scale stalls

Residential virtual power plant aggregators claim they can address peak load growth, but questions persist about whether the sector has resolved longstanding technical and operational hurdles to achieve meaningful grid impact at scale.

First covered Oct 26, 2026 · 5:00 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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16d Latitude Media The residential VPP playbook for crossing the ‘credibility gap’ — Residential aggregators say they can help meet load growth. But have they really overcome historical barriers to scale?

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Appeared in: 2026-10-26 (#3) · 2026-10-27 (#9)

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