Illinois virtual power plant program launches with Solrite Energy battery offering

Illinois is expanding virtual power plant deployment, with Solrite Energy introducing a residential battery storage program that charges households $20 monthly while making their systems available to grid support.

First covered Aug 20, 2026 · 6:00 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

Illinois virtual power plant program launches with Solrite Energy battery offering — Image via insideclimatenews.org

Coverage

37d Inside Climate News Notes from Illinois’ Virtual Power Plant Frontier — Illinois is the latest example of how a state can embrace virtual power plants and see results almost immediately.

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Discussion

Bluesky: @dangearino.bsky.social Dan Gearino · 37d ago · 5 ♥ The speed with which virtual power plants are spreading, with new business models and gobs of power capacity, is absolutely wild. I wrote about a new entry in Illinois: insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202...

Appeared in: 2026-08-21 (#18)

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