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Vermont's, Green Mountain Power, Goals:
. . . . . . Save Money, and
. . . . . . The Environment,
. . . by creating Virtual Power Plants, out of:
. . . . . . Homes,
. . . . . . Neighborhoods, and
. . . . . . Towns,

As a practical matter,
. . . the less electricity the utility pulls from the regional transmission system,
. . . especially at times of peak demand,
. . . the less it has to pay in fees,
. . . producing savings it can pass on to customers.
One way it does this is,
. . . by drawing on stored power from batteries, installed through its programs,
. . . reducing the electricity it must pull from the regional transmission system.

Green Mountain became the first utility to offer customers access to,
. . . Tesla’s Powerwall home battery system when it was released in 2015.

Now it is starting a new program, announced in May,
. . . that will offer the battery to as many as
. . . 2,000 customers for
. . . $15 a month over 10 years, or  
. . . $1,500 (a one-time payment).
The package will include software, and a
. . . Nest thermostat, which conserves electricity,
. . . by adjusting temperatures to comings, and goings,
. . . as well as established routines.

Green Mountain Power,  
. . . has figured out a way to do well, and do good, in the utility business,  
. . . while keeping its:
. . . . . . Regulators,
. . . . . . Investors, and
. . . . . . Customers,
. . . all happy at the same time.

8-26-2017 Source:  #Virtual Power Plants: Vermont