Our third discussion of DERVOS 2025 was a panel on how the hell we’re going to deploy and orchestrate a massive new fleet of distributed energy systems to fill a rapidly growing electricity demand gap.

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DERs are kind of having a moment. Whether you call their orchestration virtual power plants, distributed power plants, or think both those descriptions suck, the reality is that there’s a convergence of technology and need for energy assets that can be deployed quickly.

No longer a cute side show (duh), DERs are being deployed at scale. This discussion brings together folks with the battle scars of early days of DER deployment who are leading the charge now that affordability and capacity constraints are the calling card of the day. Come for the deep dive on program design, stay for the shade thrown at California.

Speakers:

* Ryan Long, Executive Vice President, Xcel Energy

* Seth Frader-Thompson, Co-Founder and CEO, EnergyHub

* Dana Guernsey, co-founder and CEO, Voltus

* Chris Rauscher, VP of Grid Services & Electrification, Sunrun

* Moderator - Colleen Metelitsa, Senior Director, Strategy, Scale Microgrids

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