California lawmakers just advanced three VPP bills, but the most ambitious was gutted behind closed doors. (Canary Media)
The first bill would require a framework to value VPPs in resource adequacy, while a second directs the California Energy Commission to adopt a statewide deployment plan by next year.
The final bill was stripped of its key language requiring utilities to integrate VPPs into grid investment plans—a move advocates say could have saved ratepayers billions by deferring costly poles-and-wires upgrades.