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Austin Energy launches customer battery demand‑response pilot with $500 rebate and $75/kW performance pay
Summary
Austin Energy launched a pilot to recruit residential batteries into a virtual power plant: a $500 upfront rebate for new systems (cap 1,500), up to $75 per kilowatt in performance payments, a 20% customer reserve, and independent EM&V to measure cost‑effectiveness as staff studies scaling options.
Austin Energy this month launched a customer‑sited battery demand‑response pilot that pays customers to make battery capacity available to the utility during grid events while keeping a 20% reserve for homeowner use.
Richard Genesee, vice president of Customer Energy Solutions, told the Utility Oversight Committee the pilot offers a $500 upfront incentive for new residential batteries (the $500 incentive is capped at 1,500 systems) and up to $75 per kilowatt in annual performance payments; staff will call a maximum of 40 events per year. Genesee said the program launched with…
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