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Portland General Electric Flexible Load

Oregon utility VPP and flexible load planning

HQ: Portland, OR 1 state served Since 2020Website
Published capacity
211 MW
Source-reported MW
Participants
Enrolled customers
States served
1
Service footprint
Markets
1
WECC

Overview

About this program

Portland General Electric's Flexible Load Multi-Year Plan lays out how PGE will manage distributed energy resources such as smart thermostats, home batteries, EV batteries, and rooftop solar to provide grid-balancing services and support renewable integration.

Technologies

Technology breakdown

Battery Storage

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

EV / V2G

Managed EV charging and vehicle-to-grid export from connected fleets.

Smart Thermostats

Connected thermostats curtailing HVAC load during peak events.

Demand Response

Curtailable C&I and residential load enrolled into ISO and utility programs.

Service area

Operating in 1 state

Oregon

Wholesale markets

WECC

Programs & Partnerships

Programs and key partners

Programs & offerings

Flexible Load Multi-Year Plan

Portfolio plan for VPP-enabled DER and flexible load growth.

Residential battery VPP pilot

Earlier pilot connecting hundreds of home batteries for dispatch.

Partners

Generac Grid Services

Track record

Performance highlights

  1. 1

    PGE plan targets 211 MW summer demand response by 2028

  2. 2

    Earlier home-battery VPP pilot targeted 525 batteries and up to 4 MW

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