en.Wedoany.com Reported - FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc.'s residential energy storage system FranklinWH has been approved to participate in San José Clean Energy's "Peak Rewards for Smart Homes" virtual power plant program. The project compensates homeowners for feeding stored battery power back to the grid during peak electricity demand hours.
San José Clean Energy customers who install a 15 kWh FranklinWH aPower 2 battery will receive a $120 upfront registration incentive. During peak hours from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM daily, participants will receive ongoing payments for each kilowatt-hour discharged. Based on activity participation, annual earnings could exceed $500, with a per-kilowatt-hour payout of $0.13. Additional compensation is available when the grid requires emergency support: $0.50 per kWh for winter demand response events and $1.00 per kWh for summer events.
Registered FranklinWH systems automatically respond to dispatch events without requiring homeowner intervention. Users can set battery reserves to ensure household electricity needs are met. Homeowners can also opt out of individual events via the FranklinWH app.
Gary Lam, CEO and co-founder of FranklinWH, stated that the San José-based company is proud to help neighbors participate in the city's evolving energy future. The program allows homeowners to derive greater value from their batteries while supporting the grid during periods of high demand.
The "Peak Rewards for Smart Homes" program is part of San José Clean Energy's initiative to expand distributed energy resources and alleviate peak grid pressure. The program is supported by Uplight, which manages demand response coordination for participating devices, and Derapi, which provides application programming interface infrastructure to enable communication between FranklinWH systems and grid management software.
Stina Brock, CEO of Derapi, stated that seamless API integration is key to transforming distributed devices into flexible grid resources, and Derapi is helping create the secure connections needed to scale these programs. By simplifying device registration, data sharing, and participation methods, greater value can be unlocked for customers, utilities, and the grid.
The San José Clean Energy program is the newest addition to FranklinWH's portfolio of over 25 utility-led virtual power plant and demand response projects across the United States. Headquartered in San José, FranklinWH manufactures its residential energy storage systems at a facility in Santa Clara, California, which plans to quadruple production by 2026.
Eligible San José Clean Energy customers can register qualifying FranklinWH systems on a first-come, first-served basis.
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