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Ava Community Energy VPP

California CCA-led residential battery VPP

HQ: Oakland, CA 1 state served Since 2018Website
Dispatchable capacity
30 MW
Aggregated MW
Participants
3.5K
Enrolled customers
States served
1
Service footprint
Markets
1
CAISO

Overview

About this program

Ava Community Energy (formerly East Bay Community Energy) operates a residential battery VPP across Alameda County, aggregating customer batteries with Sunrun, Tesla, and Sonnen partners to deliver capacity into CAISO and provide local resilience.

Technologies

Technology breakdown

Battery Storage

Behind-the-meter and front-of-the-meter batteries dispatched for capacity and ancillary services.

Solar + Storage

Rooftop solar paired with batteries for evening peak and grid emergencies.

Service area

Operating in 1 state

California

Wholesale markets

CAISO

Programs & Partnerships

Programs and key partners

Programs & offerings

Resilient Home Battery

Customer batteries enrolled in Ava-managed dispatch.

Partners

Sunrun Tesla Sonnen

Track record

Performance highlights

  1. 1

    30 MW dispatchable capacity

  2. 2

    Among the largest CCA-led VPPs in CA

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