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What Google’s virtual power plant in PJM says about the race for electricity

Voltus CEO Dana Guernsey compared new “bring your own new capacity” contracts to the power purchase agreements that “revolutionized” utility-scale solar and wind development.

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Google has agreed to fund a 100‑MW virtual power plant in the PJM region, the largest regional transmission market in the United States. The project is part of a broader trend toward distributed capacity, which industry sources say is becoming increasingly valuable as power supplies tighten. Voltus CEO Dana Guernsey compared the new “bring your own new capacity” contracts to the power purchase agreements that once revolutionized utility‑scale solar and wind development. The agreement signals that distributed resources are gaining traction as a reliable alternative to traditional power plants.

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