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Power stations then relay this three-phase AC power to a transformer at the plant itself that steps up the voltage for transmission, ranging anywhere from 155,000 to up to 500,000 volts and beyond.

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As smart thermostats and water heaters, rooftop solar panels and batteries enable more customers to participate in them, DOE estimates that virtual power plants could triple in scale by 2030.

Unlike traditional power plants and even large solar farms, virtual power plants distribute energy generation over a wider area — so it isn’t as vulnerable to a localized calamity.

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Solar panels typically generate electricity at only around 13% of their stated capacity. For windmills, it's around 22%. And those figures vary by month.

ERCOT reported 10G W of power plant outages as of Saturday morning, or slightly less than the 11 GW of outages that the grid operator’s summer planning scenarios describe as an extreme scenario.

Virtual power plants, or aggregated distributed energy resources such as batteries, electric vehicles, rooftop solar and smart thermostats that can feed into the grid.