OhmConnect: Quietly Saving California’s Grid During An Historic Heat Emergency

California homeowners' growing use of "Virtual Power Plant" OhmConnect likely played a key role in the “consumer conservation” credited by California ISO with preventing dangerous rolling blackouts.

The sun sets behind electric power lines as the California Independent System Operator announced a statewide electricity Flex Alert urging conservation to avoid blackouts in Redondo Beach, California on August 31, 2022. - Californians were told August 31, 2022 not to charge their electric vehicles during peak hours, just days after the state said it wou…