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Meet the grid’s next capacity layer: buildings. 🏢 On DLWJ’s Podcast episode, “Building As Grid Assets: The New Power Players,” Sparkfund’s Brendan Reed explains how utility-led battery deployment turns schools, warehouses, and campuses into dispatchable assets that earn revenue and strengthen local reliability. The guests dig into what’s scaling faster than new generation, and the real bottlenecks (data, automation, policy). Give it a listen to see how we move from pilots to operational capacity: https://hubs.la/Q03VGdG-0

“By storing energy when it’s cheap, delivering it when it’s needed most and placing assets where they maximize grid value, Xcel Energy is delivering reliable energy to customers today and building a grid that is ready for tomorrow,” Sparkfund CEO Pier LaFarge said. Read the full announcement here. 👇

“Crucially — especially in this moment of load growth and rising electricity rates — DERs can be deployed in a matter of months, rather than the three to five years required to build a new gas plant. DCP, assuming regulators get on board, could be a cheaper and faster way to get more capacity online." Read more 👇

Think 5G... but for electrons. When carriers needed coverage, buildings hosted antennas and collected checks while the carrier ran the hardware. Hosting DERs is the same idea. With Distributed Capacity Procurement, a right-sized battery tucks into an out-of-the-way corner of your property, the utility owns and operates it, and you get paid for the space. Your company will ease local constraints, boost reliability for your community, and put your brand on the right side of a growing grid challenge, all while getting paid. Get the details: https://hubs.ly/Q03Gc2Lt0

New pod drop! 🎧 Sparkfund CEO Pier LaFarge joined Norton Rose Fulbright's Currents Podcast to dig into utility-led DER deployment and insights from the SEPA white paper on Distributed Capacity Procurement (DCP). Learn how DCP brings DERs into core planning, enables an “all-of-the-above” ecosystem, and scales capacity faster with competitive, predictable procurement sized to real grid needs. If you care about moving from pilots to portfolio-scale impact, this one’s for you: https://hubs.la/Q03PMvnz0

If data centers, feeder constraints, and interconnection queues are crowding your calendar, this is your field guide. Sparkfund's white paper breaks down how utility-led DER deployment turns planning into capacity, fast: where to site, how to procure, and how to operate assets as part of the system. It’s practical, regulator-ready, and built from real program experience. 👉Get the resources: https://hubs.la/Q03J6scy0