Virtual Power Plant Flipbook

The Virtual Power Plant Flipbook is a guide by RMI designed to help utilities and stakeholders implement virtual power plants (VPPs) by providing a collection of case studies and a comparison matrix. It defines VPPs as aggregations of distributed energy resources used to enhance grid reliability, resilience, and decarbonization.

• Virtual power plants (VPPs) are defined as grid-integrated aggregations of distributed energy resources, including smart thermostats, electric vehicles, batteries, and other connected devices. Utilities utilize VPPs to provide critical grid services, such as offering an alternative to utility-scale peaking capacity or energy procurement, alleviating stress on distribution and transmission systems, supporting resilience against extreme weather, and increasing flexibility to integrate renewable energy for decarbonization.
• Implementing VPPs can be difficult because they frequently necessitate the creation of new customer engagement strategies, program structures, and methods for collaborating with private and public partnerships.
• The VPP Flipbook serves as a resource for grid planners, operators, and utility program managers, offering case studies that detail various compensation frameworks, utility participation models, and third-party partnership roles. It includes a VPP Comparison Matrix to help users filter for the most applicable programs.

APA

RMI (2024). Virtual Power Plant Flipbook. https://rmi.org/resources/virtual-power-plant-flipbook/

Chicago

RMI. Virtual Power Plant Flipbook. 2024. https://rmi.org/resources/virtual-power-plant-flipbook/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Virtual Power Plant Flipbook |date=12 June 2024 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/virtual-power-plant-flipbook/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2024virtual, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Virtual Power Plant Flipbook}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2024}, month = jun, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/virtual-power-plant-flipbook/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }