Virtual Metering Aggregation
Virtual metering aggregation allows multiple distributed resources or buildings to be billed as if they share a single meter, enabling aggregated demand response, community solar, or microgrid settlements. Regulators approve virtual aggregation to streamline accounting for campuses, fleets, or multi-tenant properties participating in grid programs.
Aggregation rules define eligibility, telemetry requirements, and how credits are apportioned among accounts. Utilities must upgrade billing systems to support virtual identifiers that reconcile program participation with retail tariffs.
Developers use virtual metering to bundle portfolios into VPP offerings, simplify REC tracking, and qualify projects for incentives that require minimum size thresholds.
Transparent governance prevents cost shifting and ensures consumer protections, especially when third-party aggregators manage billing on behalf of customers.
Technical Details
- •Creates virtual accounts that consolidate load or generation
- •Requires interval data, telemetry, and auditing
- •Supports community solar, microgrids, and aggregated demand response
- •Billing systems allocate credits back to individual accounts
- •Subject to regulatory approval and consumer protection rules
Why It Matters
Virtual aggregation unlocks business models for VPPs and community energy. Tera tracks aggregation policies, utility billing capabilities, and program participation so developers can identify jurisdictions with scalable settlement frameworks.
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