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Illinois regulators approve ComEd VPP under new clean energy law

9 July 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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9 July 2026

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Illinois regulators approved ComEd's scheduled dispatch virtual power plant programme under the new Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, enabling distributed battery storage to discharge during peak demand events like the July heatwave that stressed PJM Interconnection capacity.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Climate Tech.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

ComEd just got regulatory approval to run a network of small batteries as a power plant. If you build, install or monitor distributed batteries in the Midwest, you now have a buyer with a guaranteed contract and a legal mandate to expand capacity.

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Climate Techbattery-storagevirtual-power-plantgrid-capacitypjm-interconnectiondistributed-energy