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CleanTechnica•2 months ago

•Rising gasoline prices are accelerating the economic viability of solar-powered electric vehicles (EVs) for consumers, driving increased demand for distributed energy solutions.
•The growing adoption of solar-powered EVs will likely shift electricity demand patterns, increase distributed generation, and impact grid planning and utility-scale project economics.
•This trend highlights a strong consumer preference for energy independence and cost savings through electrification and renewables, signaling future investment opportunities in related infrastructure and services.

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Utility Dive•2 months ago

•California's SB 913 proposes to designate residential batteries as Resource Adequacy (RA) capacity, opening new revenue streams for aggregators and impacting CAISO's capacity market.
•Ava Community Energy's SmartHome Battery program is launching incentives for residential battery sharing, creating new distributed energy resource (DER) business models.
•These initiatives signal a significant policy and utility push in California to integrate distributed storage into grid reliability, offering new opportunities for developers in residential battery aggregation and virtual power plants (VPPs).

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