WEBINAR

Speed to Scale: Unlocking Firm Capacity with Rapid OEM Integrations

Utility professionals are struggling to accelerate the addition of demand flexibility capacity required for grid stability and modernization. The main bottleneck is the slow, costly, and proprietary nature of traditional integrations with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). This cycle can prevent utilities from rapidly onboarding the diverse fleet of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) needed to move past pilot mode and achieve reliable firm capacity at scale.

This webinar will detail how embracing modern, multi-OEM integration is crucial to building a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) that scales device capacity from day one. By moving away from custom, proprietary integrations—a critical mistake to avoid—you can leverage technologies with robust, standardized API libraries to drastically cut time-to-market for new capacity.

Special Guest Speakers:

Ben Thacker, EVP Business Development, Emporia
Matthew Hale, Grid Services & Utility Partnerships, FranklinWH
Katarina Struckmann, API Product Manager, Virtual Peaker

Topics covered include:

Strategies for deploying standardized, efficient integration protocols that unlock multi-megawatt capacity faster and ensure rapid onboarding of new DERs.

Why multi-OEM integration and designing for millions of devices are essential for scaling VPPs and avoiding the risk of fragmented, custom solutions.

Addressing reliability worries by utilizing control architectures and data standards that mitigate data latency and ensure predictability and dispatch certainty.

Methods for breaking out of siloes, gaining widespread cross-functional buy-in across teams, and streamlining the process of adding OEMs for rapid VPP scaling.