ClimateResponse VPP Demand Side Grid Support Program
Pico Rivera Innovative Municipal Energy (PRIME)
The ClimateResponse VPP allows large commercial customers to reduce load during grid stress events for performance-based payments.
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Service details
Service type
Load reduction
Eligible technologies
Demand Response
Competition frequency
Annual
Locational scope
Territory-wide
Seasonality
May through October
Eligibility
Direct
Aggregated
Residential
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Commercial & Industrial
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Front-of-the-Meter
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Large commercial PRIME customers can enroll through PRIME to commit to temporary load reductions during grid events.
Key details
Participants receive $2 per kWh reduced and an additional $1 per kW capacity payment for exceeding nominations.
Events occur May–October with day-ahead or day-of notification; customers reduce load temporarily during peak grid stress.
Payments are based on metered performance and issued periodically through the season.
Listing last updated on
04 September 2025
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