California CCA taps Haven Energy for virtual power plant buildout
Clean Power Alliance (CPA), the largest Community Choice Aggregator in California, is pursuing its first virtual power plant (VPP) network, consisting of networked energy systems for ~300 CPA customers. CPA partnered with climate tech company Haven Energy to establish the VPP, using funds from California’s SGIP Residential Solar & Storage Equity program.
“Community Choice Aggregators like CPA are uniquely positioned to lead the deployment of distributed energy resources,” said Vinnie Campo, founder and CEO of Haven Energy.
Haven’s collaboration with CPA will result in a network of connected energy devices that balance energy supply and demand in real-time. The new VPP will provide 4.8 MWh of dispatchable power that can be used to reduce peak energy demand. Over the first three years, it is projected to deliver more than $380,000 in savings on resource adequacy costs.
As part of the CPA, using SGIP funding, these systems can be provided at zero-cost to qualifying homeowners and provide energy bill savings and protection against outages.
“The installation of our first virtual power plant is another action we are taking to manage peak energy demand while saving on energy costs,” said Ted Bardacke, CPA’s Chief Executive Officer. “CPA prioritizes alleviating financial barriers to participating in clean energy. This new solar program for our lower income customers creates an affordable pathway in the transition to clean energy so any customer who wants to can contribute to making their community more sustainable and energy resilient.”
Haven Energy VPPs
Haven Energy launched in 2023 as a tech agnostic resource to simplify and facilitate more home energy storage installs (for customers and installers), via in-house financing, rebate management, and turnkey installation. Haven also handles VPP enrollment of deployed assets into VPPs.
Haven helps accelerate the efforts of CCAs like Clean Power Alliance by providing flexible system capacity that lowers costs, smooths peak demand, and defers the need for expensive peaker plants and infrastructure upgrades as demand increases.
“We’re excited to partner with Clean Power Alliance to deploy over 3 MW of distributed storage assets, a critical step in advancing California’s clean energy goals,” said Jeff Chapin, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Haven Energy. “These systems will not only provide homeowners with reliable, clean energy but also support CPA’s resource adequacy and load modification efforts. Additionally, by aligning with the demand response requirements of the SGIP program, we’re ensuring these assets contribute to a more flexible and resilient energy grid.”
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