Technology
Smart Thermostats VPPs and providers
Connected thermostats curtailing HVAC load during peak events.
Capacity figures may describe a provider's entire mixed-technology portfolio, not just smart thermostats. Confirm device compatibility and program eligibility directly.
How can a thermostat provide VPP services?
A compatible thermostat can shift or reduce HVAC demand during program events within the agreed comfort and override settings. The household does not need to export electricity. Check the utility’s current device list and event rules.
Directory profiles associated with Smart Thermostats
Uplight Flex
Uplight flexibility and DERMS software, including AutoGrid. Compare combined platform scope, utility integration and deployment requirements.
OhmConnect (Renew Home legacy)
Historical OhmConnect residential demand response brand, now part of Renew Home. Confirm current offers through the successor platform.
Leap
API-based VPP and energy-program access for DER technology partners, with documented PJM expansion and dated nominated-capacity evidence.
EnergyHub Mercury
EnergyHub edge DERMS and multi-DER utility orchestration, including the acquired Resideo Grid Services business and dated device-scale evidence.
Kraken Flexibility Platform
Kraken flexibility software for grid-scale and residential resources. Global platform disclosures do not establish a U.S.-only VPP portfolio.
SCE Smart Energy Program
SCE Smart Energy Program: qualifying smart thermostats, central air conditioning and event participation for eligible utility customers.
APS Cool Rewards
APS Cool Rewards smart thermostat demand response, with utility-specific eligibility and source-reported demand reduction in Arizona.
ConEd Bring Your Own Thermostat
Con Edison's smart thermostat program: eligible devices, central AC requirements, an $85 enrollment rebate, and official enrollment links.
National Grid ConnectedSolutions
National Grid ConnectedSolutions: Massachusetts and Upstate New York battery pathways, with region-specific eligibility and incentive terms.
Duke Energy Power Manager
Duke Energy Power Manager demand response: service-area-specific thermostat and HVAC participation, eligibility and bill-credit requirements.
Renew Home
Residential energy flexibility and demand response platform formed from OhmConnect and Nest Renew, with dated managed-load evidence.
PSE Flex
PSE Flex demand response and battery participation in Washington, with program-specific equipment, event and incentive requirements.
Austin Energy Power Partner
Austin Energy Power Partner thermostat, EV and battery programs, with battery-pilot eligibility separated from broader portfolio MW.
Portland General Electric Flexible Load
PGE’s Oregon virtual power plant: current customer/resource portfolio, flexible-load planning and proposed 2028 expansion.
Salt River Project VPP
SRP pairs thermostat demand response and battery programs into a customer-sited flexibility portfolio.
NRG x Renew Home Texas VPP
NRG and Renew Home Texas residential VPP development: thermostat flexibility and dated 2030/2035 targets, separate from current capacity.
WeaveGrid
WeaveGrid DISCO distribution-aware EV and DER orchestration, including the documented Ameren Illinois FlexCharge program.
GridEdge OS
GridEdge OS develops software for coordinating distributed energy resources, including solar PV, battery storage, backup generation, EV charging, and flexible industrial loads.