{"id":101039,"date":"2023-01-19T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T17:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/?p=101039"},"modified":"2023-04-25T11:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:51:37","slug":"enphase-inks-texas-vpp-deal-octopus-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2023\/01\/enphase-inks-texas-vpp-deal-octopus-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Enphase inks Texas VPP deal with Octopus Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_93388\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93388\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Enpahse-Encharge-10-cover-off-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Enpahse-Encharge-10-cover-off-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Enpahse-Encharge-10-cover-off-1000x668.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Enpahse-Encharge-10-cover-off-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Enpahse-Encharge-10-cover-off-357x238.jpg 357w, https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Enpahse-Encharge-10-cover-off.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look inside the Enphase Encharge battery, with the multiple microinverters inside.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renewable energy retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Foctopusenergy.com&amp;esheet=53281038&amp;newsitemid=20230119005247&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Octopus+Energy+U.S.&amp;index=1&amp;md5=5785acb9f6a51d26c8a0554a04987595\">Octopus Energy U.S.<\/a>\u00a0announced a new partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fenphase.com%2F&amp;esheet=53281038&amp;newsitemid=20230119005247&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Enphase+Energy%2C+Inc.&amp;index=2&amp;md5=bcf762c4f870a6ae2698bd685d792b31\">Enphase Energy<\/a>. Octopus Energy customers now have the opportunity to integrate Enphase home solar and battery solutions in their energy plan to unlock low-cost residential energy rates. As part of the agreement, Octopus Energy will be able to flexibly control the customer&#8217;s battery to reduce usage when the grid is the most constrained and help save customers hundreds of dollars each year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Kraken Flex, Octopus Energy\u2019s proprietary software platform for managing, controlling, and optimizing Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), Octopus Energy plans to create a Virtual Power Plant with the Enphase home battery systems, and will be bidding these DERs in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) ancillary markets, a first of its kind for these assets. Octopus Energy can optimize how a customer\u2019s battery interacts with the electric grid through <a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Foctopusenergy.com%2Fblog%2Fintelligent-octopus&amp;esheet=53281038&amp;newsitemid=20230119005247&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Intelligent+Octopus&amp;index=3&amp;md5=f0c1809f29f353f68a2a515d11885970\">Intelligent Octopus<\/a>, its smart device retail energy plan, customers can access the cheapest retail rates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Octopus Energy expands its retail energy presence to states outside of Texas, the company hopes to take advantage of this partnership, which both reduces costs for customers and promotes a cleaner grid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur partnership with Enphase Energy is a critically important step as we accelerate the renewable energy transition across the U.S. Load flexibility creates enormous value in high-renewable energy grids and energy retailers have a unique ability to customize electric rates for customers, so this a perfect opportunity to integrate the value of demand response into a retail product to create the cheapest rates for customers. Retailers have the opportunity to lead the energy transition by combining customer-centric product offerings, modern technology, and rate-making authority to create products that lower costs and truly lower carbon,\u201d said Michael Lee, CEO of Octopus Energy U.S. \u201cWe look forward to working with Enphase Energy as we grow a wide variety of low cost and innovative rates to decarbonize our electric grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Octopus Energy and Enphase\u2019s partnership comes as policymakers around the globe look to leverage emerging technologies to hasten the shift to renewables, as well as eliminate barriers to clean energy growth. With Enphase Energy, Octopus Energy will enable customers to optimize their home energy system around easy participation in ancillary markets and demand response programs for immediate savings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>News item from Octopus Energy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy U.S.\u00a0announced a new partnership with Enphase Energy. Octopus Energy customers now have the opportunity to integrate Enphase home solar and battery solutions in their energy plan to unlock low-cost residential energy rates. 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