Utility Dive Brief:
- A first-of-its-kind “supplemental” municipal utility began installing solar and battery systems last week for residential customers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, one of its suppliers said on April 28.
- The pilot phase of the Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility, or A2SEU, will see solar-plus-storage deployments on about 150 homes this year and up to 1,000 homes in 2027, according to FranklinWH, the company supplying the utility with a combined battery and inverter system.
- FranklinWH’s system will pair with solar panel installations from Michigan Solar Solutions, Homeland Solar, and Oak Electric Service, and eventually form a utility-scale virtual power plant with support from Texture’s energy management platform, FranklinWH said.
