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The Center Square covered a recent House Energy Committee hearing on electric transmission and emerging load growth in the Northeast. Industry experts, including United's Chloe Holden, spoke to the benefits of implementing grid-enhancing technologies, advanced transmission technologies, and virtual power plants as a way to meet growing energy demand.

RTO Insider reports on United's webinar "Expanding Virtual Power Plants Across the U.S.," which explored how virtual power plants (VPPs) can help regulators, utilities, and other grid stakeholders manage key challenges facing the grid, and the importance of scaling VPPs to meet the country's energy, affordability, and reliability needs. The article quotes United's Chloe Holden, who moderated the discussion, and expert panelists featured on the webinar, who shared their insights on the future of VPPs.

RTO Insider covered Advanced Energy United's latest report, Moving the Needle on DERs and VPPs in Nevada, suggesting NV Energy's VPP market potential could rise from 134 MW this year to 1,230 MW by 2035. Despite this, NV Energy is not fully utilizing VPPs in its resource planning, which could be a missed opportunity to reduce reliance on new gas-fired power generation.