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Assertion Supported
Brown: VPPs cost 60% of natural gas peakers or less
“We believe that a VPP similar capacity resource would be 60% of the cost of a natural gas peaker investment. And honestly, that's probably outdated because now we know that natural building natural gas peakers are even more expensive.”
Ben Brown May 6, 2025 ▶ 15:56 Frontier Forum: Unlocking next-generation VPPs
Assertion Partly supported
Brown: VPPs cost 40% of utility-scale battery installations
“And it would be, and the VPP would also be 40% of the cost of a utility scale battery investment.”
Ben Brown May 6, 2025 ▶ 16:15 Frontier Forum: Unlocking next-generation VPPs
Assertion Supported
Brown: The US has over 80M central HVAC and water heating systems
“And so to me, the idea of not incorporating what is by far kind of the largest existing set of resources In infrastructure we have in the country, which is the eighty million plus central HVAC systems and eighty million plus hot water heating systems that is e…”
Ben Brown May 6, 2025 ▶ 14:13 Frontier Forum: Unlocking next-generation VPPs
Assertion Supported
Renew Home has over 5 million households enrolled across the US
“We have over five million households that have enrolled which represents capacity resource that is shiftable across the country.”
Ben Brown May 6, 2025 ▶ 20:25 Frontier Forum: Unlocking next-generation VPPs
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