Lecture Kleinman Center Event

Real Reliability: The Value of Virtual Power

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM

Speaker

Ryan Hledik
Principal, The Brattle Group

Moderator

Sanya Carley
Faculty Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Location

Energy Forum at the Kleinman Center
220 S. 34th St.
Fisher Fine Arts Building, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Learn more about Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and their potential for facilitating affordable decarbonization of the power sector.
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Event Summary

Consumers are adopting clean, flexible technologies such as smart thermostats, electric vehicles, and batteries at a rapid rate. Virtual power plants (VPPs) combine these technologies across participating customers to create a resource that can reduce, shift, or generate electricity when needed. By providing these services to the power system, VPPs can make significant contributions to grid reliability while directly compensating those consumers who participate.  This presentation will introduce the concept of VPPs, describe their potential for facilitating affordable decarbonization of the power sector, and address barriers to deploying VPPs at scale.

speaker

Ryan Hledik

Principal, The Brattle Group
Ryan Hledik is a Principal of The Brattle Group. His consulting practice focuses on regulatory, planning, and strategy matters related to emerging energy technologies and policies. Hledik’s work on the grid edge has been cited in federal and state regulatory decisions, as well as in national news.
moderator

Sanya Carley

Faculty Director
Sanya Carley is the faculty director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.