In Pictures: Sunrun and Tesla virtual power plant sets record with 580 MW dispatch to California grid

California's grid relied on distributed home energy resources as heat wave demand peaked on September 9.

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Rooftop solar and battery installations like this one formed the backbone of the record 580 MW virtual power plant dispatch.

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Residential neighborhoods across California quietly became power plants during the three-hour evening grid event.

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More than 140,000 home batteries were pooled to match the output of several natural gas peaker plants.

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Home battery systems increasingly pair with electric vehicles to strengthen household energy resilience.

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Distributed solar generation continues to expand as homeowners adopt storage-backed clean energy systems.

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Virtual power plants draw on stored energy from homes in diverse climates to support the grid when demand spikes.

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Sunrun and Tesla coordinated tens of thousands of suburban home batteries into a single grid asset.

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Technician installations like this underpin the rapid growth of residential battery capacity in California.

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