CenterPoint, Microgrids, Batteries, and More: Grid Roundup #32

PUC's microgrid workshop; a Senate hearing on resilience at nursing homes; a gigawatt VPP in Texas; more battery records fall; and CenterPoint will not withdraw from its rate case.

In this issue:

• The Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) will hold a workshop tomorrow on the Texas Backup Power Package and funding for microgrids at critical facilities — an essential measure for preventing outages and saving lives that has yet to be implemented;

• The Texas Senate will hold a hearing, also tomorrow, on emergency preparedness and resilience for nursing homes and vulnerable Texans;

• A gigawatt-scale Virtual Power Plant is coming to Texas via Renew Home, Google Cloud, and NRG;

• Growth in battery deployment in Texas continues to skyrocket; and

• CenterPoint’s rate case to move forward after the utility drops its appeal of an Administrative Law Judge’s decision.

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