On October 19, 2026, Utility Dive reported that Voltus is responsible for Google’s capacity obligation under their PJM contract. The agreement, announced in June 2026, calls for a three-year virtual power plant (VPP) with planned capacity of 100 megawatts (MW).
How the Google–Voltus agreement works
Google is funding the planned VPP, and Voltus is to operate it by aggregating distributed energy resources (DERs) from residential, commercial, and industrial customers across PJM Interconnection, a U.S. regional transmission organization. A VPP coordinates resources at different customer sites so they can be managed together to support the grid or shift demand.
The October report adds a contractual detail: Voltus is responsible for Google’s capacity obligation. In other words, the agreement assigns Voltus responsibility for that obligation as part of the project.
Why Google is drawing on customer resources
Google’s global head of data center energy, Amanda Peterson Corio, said paying other customers to shift their electricity use can be faster and more cost-effective than relying only on flexibility at Google’s own data centers. She also pointed to the substantial investment in data-center chips, which need to run to serve Google’s customers.
The June report cited electric vehicles, smart thermostats, and batteries as examples of resources a VPP can coordinate. These illustrate the broader kinds of DERs involved; the project itself is described as aggregating resources from residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
What the 100-MW figure represents
The agreement sets 100 MW as the planned capacity of the VPP. That figure describes the project’s intended scale; power dispatched at a given moment and energy delivered over time are operating measures, not the same thing as a planned capacity target.
