ConnectedSolutions Resource Page

ConnectedSolutions is an innovative battery funding program that offers incentives to residential and commercial electric customers in exchange for allowing their electric utility to draw on the energy stored in their grid-connected behind-the-meter batteries at times of peak electric demand. The program uses multi-year contracts between the utility and customer to create a virtual power plant that can be called upon to provide valuable grid services, while providing revenue and back-up power to battery owners. It is frequently, but not always, run through state energy efficiency programs.

The ConnectedSolutions model was developed and implemented in Massachusetts with analytic support from Clean Energy Group, and has now been adopted by other states in the Northeast. CEG’s reports on this program model are below, along with links to relevant state programs, articles and blogs.