FranklinWH & Texture begin solar-and-storage installs with Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility
The Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility will use locally sited solar, batteries and other resources to improve reliability and lower costs for subscribers, city officials say.
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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.