Texans can now get paid for supporting the grid with their solar panels and batteries as part of a new virtual power plant pilot.

What happens next could lead to the rapid deployment of resilient and clean distributed energy resources across the state.

But realizing that potential won’t be easy. One of the biggest hurdles is customer engagement.

Octopus Energy US CEO Michael Lee joined the Texas Power Podcast to discuss his extensive background in energy, his company’s participation in the VPP pilot, and his vision for bringing the benefits of distributed energy to the masses.

Octopus, an energy retail company, is working on cutting-edge, transformative approaches for engaging customers and delivering them energy-efficient and cost-saving outcomes. Lee spoke about Octopus’s ef