GVEC partners with Tesla through ERCOT pilot program

GONZALES — GVEC is proud to announce a landmark partnership with Tesla Inc. (Tesla), making the Cooperative the first in Texas to participate with Tesla as a utility-scale virtual power plant resource in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) pilot program. Through the ADER program, the integration of distributed energy resources, such as battery storage systems and other controllable devices, is being explored as dispatchable generation into the Texas wholesale energy market to improve year-round grid stability and reliability. Recent updates show the ADER program has registered approximately 17 megawatts in generation from companies...

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