By Sean Wolfe | Renewable Energy World | November 6, 2025
CPower Energy, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform, announced that its customers delivered an estimated 38 GWh of load relief to the grid from January through September, 137% more than 2024 altogether. The company argues that the surge demonstrates VPPs’ ability to rapidly scale, harnessing customer flexibility to meet rising demand.
CPower customers contributed enough energy to power more than 8 million homes during a peak event, or approximately every household in the state of Texas, according to data CPower cited from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Many states are starting to explore VPP deployment, often seen as a cost-effective way to increase capacity. Most VPPs exist in the form of demand response programs. The Department Of Energy (DOE) released a report in 2023 stating that large-scale deployment of VPPs “could help address demand increases and rising peaks at lower cost than conventional resources, reducing the energy costs for Americans — one in six of whom are already behind on electricity bills.”
